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  • MPs and the Second World War

    MPs and the Second World War

    Kathryn Rix

    Ahead of Remembrance Day, and with 2025 marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War, Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project, follows up her series on MPs and the First World…

  • Scrutinising Wartime Britain: The Commons Committees on National Expenditure 1917-20 and 1939-45

    Scrutinising Wartime Britain: The Commons Committees on National Expenditure 1917-20 and 1939-45

    History of Parliament

    Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Philip Aylett. On 25 February, Philip will discuss ‘Scrutinising Wartime Britain: The Commons Committees on National Expenditure 1917-20 and 1939-45’. The seminar takes place on 25 February 2025,…

  • Prime Ministers’ Funerals

    Emma Peplow

    A look back at the different Prime Ministers who received public funerals… Tomorrow former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral. Public funerals for Prime Ministers have been fairly rare in recent years, but Baroness…