King Charles III has praised Parliament as the “living and breathing instrument of our democracy” as he addressed parliamentarians at a ceremony in Westminster Hall for the first time as Head of State.

A group of London MPs are calling for the immediate suspension of the Metropolitan Police officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba, an unarmed black man in South London last week.

Prime Minister Liz Truss has described Queen Elizabeth II as “one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known” as she opened tributes in Parliament following the monarch's death aged 96.

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning British monarch, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. 

Following the appointments announced as part of Liz Truss’s new Government, Mark Fenhalls QC Chair of the Bar Council said:

The departure of Priti Patel from the Home Office as home secretary is a good thing in itself.

The use of artificial intelligence by public bodies is to be monitored by Britain’s equality regulator for the first time to ensure technologies are not discriminating against people.

After failing to evacuate all the Afghan refugees to whom we owed a debt, the UK government now threatens to throw former allies into rough sleeping on our streets

As he bows out of the House of Lords after 40 years, former lord chancellor Lord Mackay shares his views on the Tory leadership race – and the Duchess of Argyll divorce case.

Former Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay has criticised Liz Truss' grasp of the legal aid system during her time as Justice Secretary as the Tory leadership hopeful faces a fresh battle with the legal profession if she becomes prime minister next month.

Rishi Sunak is struggling to shake off the claim that he would take a softer line with the European Union than Liz Truss over the Northern Ireland Protocol row if he were to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.

There was a rare moment of harmony between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak when on Wednesday they travelled to Northern Ireland for their eighth Conservative party leadership hustings.

As new technologies such as the metaverse develop, a whole host of additional risks are emerging without proper safeguards to protect online Britons. Delays on the Online Safety Bill risk us falling behind on important advances, and MPs agree.

Controversial plans for a new asylum centre in North Yorkshire appear to have been scrapped after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the offer of a former RAF base for the site has been “withdrawn”.

Under Boris Johnson, the government has been seeking to diverge with the European Union on data protection regulations and, as non-EU member, we legally can do this.

I was appalled and shocked to read the Serious Case Review relating to Child Q, which found the system designed to protect and support her had seriously failed.

Artificial intelligence can be a force for good, but we must ensure it does not perpetuate exclusion on the road to progress.

A number of large groups responsible for matching UK hosts with Ukrainian refugees have closed applications as they warned the pool of available hosts was almost depleted.

The Legal Services Board has published a new statutory statement of policy on ongoing competence, setting out the outcomes that the legal services regulators should meet.

Downblousing is the latest manifestation of misogyny enabled by the smartphone era. The law must catch up with the times.

Last week, the Department for Health and Social Care published its long-awaited women’s health strategy for England. Although the strategy – which seeks to address disparities in health and wellbeing outcomes for women – has been welcomed by many, stakeholders have criticised a glaring lack of focus on abortion services.

Ugandan Asians have done a lot for Britain and are proud to be British – and above all, we have never forgotten the lifeline that was extended to us