Explainers
Our explainers cover key subjects relating to our work, setting out key facts and figures and answering the most important questions about government.
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What is in the government's new Rwanda asylum plan?
How will Rishi Sunak's Rwanda treaty and "emergency" immigration bill work?
MPs standing down at the next general election
How many MPs are standing down at the next election, and why?
Rwanda scheme: the government’s next steps in parliament
What role would parliament play in the government's steps to proceed with its Rwanda asylum plan?
The public bodies review programme
What is a public body review?
Devolution to the East Midlands
How would devolution to the East Midlands work?
Devolution to York and North Yorkshire
How will the devolution deal for York and North Yorkshire work?
2023 boundary changes
What is happening to constituency boundaries, and why? How are they changing? How are MPs affected?
Ministers in the Lords – their role and scrutiny
Most ministers are Commons MPs but some, including the new foreign secretary David Cameron, sit in the Lords
What was in the 2023 King’s speech?
Tuesday's state opening of parliament was the last before the next general election.
Conservative and Labour party selection of UK parliamentary candidates
How do the Conservatives and Labour choose who will stand for them in elections?