Parliament is too white, male and middle class says Speaker’s Conference

The Speaker’s Conference on representation has produced an interim report. It recommends a series of measures political parties can take to ensure more women, disabled and black and ethnic candidates are selected.

Clegg accuses Brown of “deliberate betrayal” at PMQs

The leader of the Liberal Democrats has accused Gordon Brown of being “busy doing nothing”, despite promises of reform.

Long-term decline of UK manufacturing ‘not as bad as other countries’

Last week the House of Commons discussed UK manufacturing.