Category: Politics past

Sunak’s record on appointing female peers from party worst since Major, analysis finds

Unlock Democracy report notes that path to gender equality in Lords has slowed in recent yearsRishi Sunak has the worst record on appointing women from his party to the House of Lords of any prime minister since John Major, with...

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Parliament after next general election will be most diverse ever, analysis shows

Record number of female and ethnic minority MPs expected to sit in Commons according to study of candidate selectionsThe next general election is set to herald the most diverse parliament ever, with record numbers of ethnic...

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Thatcher ‘utterly shattered’ by MI5 revelations in Spycatcher, files reveal

National Archives papers show prime minister tried in vain to avoid inquiry over Peter Wright’s memoirsMargaret Thatcher was “utterly shattered” by the revelations in Spycatcher, the memoirs of the retired MI5...

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