The constitution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (known generally but inexactly as the “British constitution”) was until recently a dull subject. Textbooks on ...

Chairman of the 1922 Committee announcing Theresa May's survival of attempt by Tory MPs to oust her with a motion of no confidence at the Houses of Parliament ...

Last year the Select Committee for Political and Constitutional Reform published a bulky report with a question as its title: A New Magna Carta? The Committee’s Chairman Graham Allen MP launched it in ...

Sir, – With the greatest of respect to such an eminent jurist, Jonathan Sumption's spirited defence of the British constitution (Letters, September 4th) from Fintan O'Toole's critique (Opinion & ...

Linda Colley is a professor of history at Princeton University and the author of several books on global, constitutional and British history. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra ...

A British Constitution for Europe! Stanley Crossick argues that if the proposed British draft Constitution were in place in 1973, there would be no single market. The first country to post a draft ...

The decision to resort to a referendum to decide on the UK’s EU membership was always going to lead to difficulties. The bitter divisions it opened up undermined two key features of the UK’s ...

Whatever the outcome of the independence referendum in Scotland this September, it will be followed by an extensive inquest into the workings of the British constitution. In some quarters inquiries ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The British constitution has faced its greatest determined assault since the ...