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As far as the UK government is concerned, its backbenchers are “the most important Members in the House [of Commons]”. This simple insight, from a classic 1976 article by the political scientist ...

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A backbench Labour MP has called for asylum processing centres to be established overseas to stop the small boats migrant crisis. Jo White, who leads a grouping of the party's Red Wall MPs, told Home ...

A backbench revolt stirred by public pressure is turning the screw on Ed Miliband over his refusal to harness untapped energy ...

Labour MP Mick Whitley has introduced a bill to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, with the goal of creating “a people-focused and rights-based approach” to ensure all ...

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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing a significant backbench revolt as the bill ratifying the EU’s Lisbon Treaty begins its House of Commons second reading today (21 January). At this legislative ...