In British-style parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament who doesn’t hold government office and isn’t a spokesperson of the opposition. They’re essentially a rank and file ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest BAE Systems PLC news every morning. Ministers have proposed increasing the threshold by which e-petitions have a chance of generating a ...

CYBERJAYA: Backbench MPs who did not vote to cap the Prime Minister's tenure at 10-years should answer to their voters and their respective party whips, says government spokesman Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.

They try often enough. But bearing in mind how often big rebellions take place, we know very little about what is going on behind the scenes. Now one prominent backbench organiser - Labour MP Martin ...

Ahead of the Conservative party’s spring conference, David Cameron is increasingly worried about Tory backbench dissent – and about how much worse it could get after the AV referendum. David Cameron ...

Show of strength in parliamentary Labour party makes clear they will fight for influence and warns Corbyn not to keep challenging existing policies Labour moderates have captured most of the key ...

LONDON — The British parliament’s controversial backbench groups have been back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Now some MPs want to tighten the rules that govern them. A new report from ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The federal government is facing growing calls from mental health experts, the Greens, the Coalition and its own backbench to reverse its ...