Model Westminster Archive

Today, polling stations opened across Britain for the local council elections, with 4,851 council seats being contested. Local elections tend to be a test for the government of the day, and with [...]

The pledge to make youth services statutory has been a core promise of the Liberal Democrats for a while now. Today’s political economy, however, shows no signs of transforming that [...]

This morning the Prime Minister announced her intention to hold a General Election on the 8th of June. She used her statement to say that a general election would remove the risk of uncertainty [...]

Model Westminster held a “Bite the Brexit” event on the 7th April, which was attended by young people and Model Westminster Ambassadors alike. One such participant was Marwan and here [...]

Today marks the triggering of Article 50, with the British Permanent Representative to the European Union, Sir Tim Barrow, hand delivering the notification letter to European President, Donald [...]

The current Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has maintained his position, following his party’s success in this week’s election. The election results dampened expectations of a ‘Dutch earthquake’ [...]

Following his inauguration, Donald Trump has signed in several Executive Orders. Executive Orders are legally binding orders, are used by federal agencies in their execution of congressional [...]

Yesterday, in the opulent surroundings of Lancaster House, Theresa May outlined her plan for Brexit. It is as follows: May wishes to guarantee the rights of EU nationals in Britain, and Britons [...]

With seven days till the inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump into the White House, American politics is in a period of transition and the current Obama administration is tying up loose [...]

With Lithuania implementing conscription, Latvia conducting mock drills and Russian nuclear capable missiles being based in Kaliningrad, the headlines of 2016 read like those belonging to the [...]