Search results for "parliament"
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Analysis
Analysis: Can the Greens Become a Permanent Third Force in British Politics?
Zack Polanski's party is polling at record levels, but converting protest votes into lasting institutional pre…
Politics
Keir Starmer's First 100 Days: A Comprehensive Assessment of Labour's Record
From economic inheritance to foreign policy, we examine what the government has achieved and where it has fall…
Politics
Labour Government Record 2026: What Has Keir Starmer Actually Delivered?
Two years into the Labour government, National Herald takes stock of what has been delivered and where the dis…
Health
Childhood Obesity Rates Stable But Remain at Historically High Levels, Survey Shows
The National Child Measurement Programme shows no significant improvement in obesity rates among reception-age…
History
Britain's Railways: How the Iron Road Transformed a Nation 1825-1900
From Stephenson's Rocket to the great Victorian termini, the railway age transformed how Britons travelled, th…
Analysis
The British Monarchy: A Complete History from William the Conqueror to King Charles III
Almost a thousand years of kings and queens, revolution and restoration, abdication and renewal — the complete…
Environment
Britain's Rivers Are Dying. Here Is the Evidence and What Needs to Change.
Only 16% of English rivers meet 'good ecological status'. A combination of sewage, agriculture, and abstractio…
Politics
Green Party Targets 200 New Council Seats With Polanski Leading the Charge
The Greens are polling at a record 17 percent under their new leader and believe urban seats once considered s…
Health
The History of the NHS: How Britain Built the World's Most Admired Health Service
From Aneurin Bevan's radical vision in 1948 to the pressures of 2026 — the full story of an institution that d…
Politics
The History of British Democracy: From Magna Carta to Modern Parliament
Britain invented parliamentary democracy — then spent centuries arguing about who it was actually for. The ful…
Politics
Holyrood 2026: What the Scottish Parliament Polls Are Showing
The SNP faces its toughest Holyrood election in twenty years as Labour and Reform UK compete for second place…
Analysis
A Complete History of Britain: From Roman Conquest to the Modern Nation
How one small island became the world's most influential nation — and what that history means for Britain toda…
Analysis
The History of the English Language: From Anglo-Saxon to Global Tongue
How a dialect spoken by a few thousand Germanic settlers became the world's lingua franca — and what that hist…
Analysis
The British Working Class: A History of Labour, Struggle and Solidarity
The story of how ordinary British workers organised, fought, and gradually transformed the conditions of their…
Politics
Scottish Independence: A Complete History of the Movement from 1707 to Today
From the Act of Union in 1707 to the 2014 referendum and beyond — the full story of Scotland's long struggle w…
Analysis
The History of London: From Roman Londinium to Global Megacity
Two thousand years of one city: how a Roman river crossing became the capital of an empire, survived plague an…
UK News
Waiting Times on the NHS: The Full Picture Behind the Statistics
Seven million people on NHS waiting lists. But the headline number misses the real story. National Herald exam…
Education
School Uniform Legislation: Government Pushes Back Against House of Lords Amendments
Parliament considers changes to school uniform rules following Lords proposals to require schools to publish t…
History
The Black Death in Britain: How the Plague of 1348 Killed Half the Population
Arriving at the port of Melcombe Regis in June 1348, the bubonic plague swept through England, Wales and Scotl…
History
The Chartist Movement: Britain's First Mass Democratic Campaign
Between 1838 and 1858, the Chartists mounted the most significant popular challenge to the British establishme…
History
The Duke of Wellington: Soldier, Politician and the Man Who Beat Napoleon
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was Britain's greatest military commander and a controversial politi…
History
The English Civil War: How Britain Executed a King and Invented Parliamentary Democracy
Between 1642 and 1651, England tore itself apart in a conflict that ended with the execution of Charles I and …
History
The Glorious Revolution of 1688: How Britain Established Constitutional Monarchy
When Parliament invited William of Orange to replace James II, it settled forever the question of who held ult…
History
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605: Treason, Torture and the Making of a National Memory
Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators came closer to destroying the English Parliament than most people reali…
History
The Magna Carta of 1215: Birth of the Rule of Law in England
Forced upon King John at Runnymede by rebellious barons, the Great Charter established the revolutionary princ…
History
The Scottish Reformation and the Union of Crowns: How Scotland and England Came Together
The religious revolution of the sixteenth century and James VI's accession to the English throne in 1603 began…
History
The Second World War: Britain Alone, the Blitz and Churchill's Finest Hour
Between 1939 and 1945 Britain fought the most existential conflict in its history — standing alone against Naz…
History
The Slave Trade and Abolition: Britain's Darkest Commerce and Its End
For over 200 years Britain was the world's leading slave trader; understanding the movement that ended it is e…
History
The Suffragette Movement: How British Women Won the Vote
From Emily Davison's fatal dash onto the Epsom Derby racecourse to the Parliament Square hunger strikes, the c…
History
The Tudor Dynasty: From Bosworth Field to the Golden Age of Elizabeth I
The Tudors ruled England from 1485 to 1603 and transformed it through the Reformation, the break with Rome and…
Analysis
The Social Care Crisis: Why Fixing It Is the Defining Challenge of the Next Parliament
Social care is broken in ways that are measurably harming people. National Herald's analysis of what genuine r…
Politics
The House of Commons Reform Bill: Everything You Need to Know
MPs are voting on the most significant changes to parliamentary procedure in twenty years. Here is what is bei…
Opinion
The Tories Must Rebuild or Britain Gets One-Party Rule. That's Bad for Everyone.
Effective opposition is as vital to democracy as good government. The Conservative Party's current weakness is…
Politics
UK to Hit NATO's 2.5% Defence Spending Target by 2027, Government Confirms
The acceleration comes as NATO allies face growing pressure to reduce dependence on US security guarantees ami…
Economy
Planning Reform Bill: Government Promises 1.5 Million Homes But Critics Sceptical
Ministers say the legislation will unlock the land needed to meet the government's housing targets. But the nu…
Economy
Why Britain's Housing Crisis Is an Economic Emergency, Not Just a Social One
The failure to build enough homes is costing the UK economy £50 billion per year in lost productivity and misa…
Politics
Westminster Reform: Why the Debate About Parliament's Future Can No Longer Be Delayed
From voting systems to Lords reform, a growing cross-party coalition is pushing for structural changes that su…
Opinion
We Are Governed by People Who Have Never Struggled. That Has to Change.
The social narrowness of Britain's political class is not just unfair — it is damaging the quality of decision…