The House of Lords has backed the amendment The House of Lord has voted to ban social media for under-16s in the UK. The House voted today with 261 voting in favour of an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, with 150 voting against. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was introduced by […]

2 months ago

Over one million people have signed the petition MPs are set to hold a three-hour debate today on calling an immediate general election. This comes in response to a petition on the official government website which has over one million signatures and is now closed. The petition was set up on 5 June 2025 and […]

2 months ago

Over one million people have signed the petition MPs are set to hold a three-hour debate on calling an immediate general election. This comes in response to a petition on the official government website which has over one million signatures and is now closed. The petition was set up on 5 June 2025 and closed […]

2 months ago

Seems like you can’t call a spade a spade in parliament… There was a remarkable exchange in the House of Commons between Dawn Butler and the Deputy Speaker in which the Labour MP was almost thrown out of the chamber. Speaking in parliament on Monday, Butler raised a point of order in which she said […]

5 months ago

‘I’m surprised he has the gall to come here & talk about national security.’ Labour minister Stephen Doughty tore into Nigel Farage in the House of Commons after the Reform leader hit out at the government for the Chagos Islands deal. On Monday, the bill handing sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius passed its third […]

5 months ago

‘The scope is far broader and restrictive than is necessary in a free society’ The UK government‘s controversial Online Safety Act is being petitioned by over half a million people. Counting 520,540 signatures at the time of writing, the pushback’s creators explained in the description: “We believe that the scope of the Online Safety Act […]

7 months ago