New research has revealed that MPs, Peers, volunteers and staff are unprotected if they are sexually harassed in Parliament. The report by the Fawcett Society and global law firm, Hogan Lovells, found glaring gaps in equality law covering these groups.
Tightening up five of Britain’s existing wealth taxes and subsidies could raise almost £7 billion a year by 2022-23 and provide a down payment on covering the £36 billion a year increase in the cost of public services by 2030.
Campaigners and politicians are demanding action to "rein in the wild west of election campaigning", following news that Vote Leave will be fined just £61,000 for breaking the rules during the EU referendum.
The House of Lords will be ‘bursting at the seams’ with more than 1,000 members by 2031, if its current rate of growth continues, the Electoral Reform Society has found.