Westminster's drinking culture is in the spotlight after a bar was closed over an alleged spiking incident. Commons leader Lucy Powell says she is open to debate about bars in Parliament but they ...

Fire has broken out 45 times in the Palace of Westminster over the last decade, latest figures show, sparking warnings of a “Notre Dame inferno incubating” on the crumbling estate. Labour ...

MPs are expected to vote at the end of the year on plans to refurbish the Palace of Westminster, much of which dates back to the 19th century. Proposals to fix the estate — which is beset by fire ...

All three options for the work represent a significant, multibillion-pound investment in the Palace of Westminster, home of the UK’s democracy. Judith Cummins MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of ...