Peers who used to be MPs are more likely to be male, white and older – and their loyalty to their party is often a ...

The House of Lords has now paused for the Easter recess, returning on Tuesday 22 April 2025. Catch up on a busy start to the ...

On average the House of Lords sits for 150 days a year, resulting in a take-home amount of £55,650, which they receive tax-free.

Keir Starmer’s Government must seize a “once in a generation opportunity” to properly reform the House of Lords, a leading constitutional scholar has told Byline Times.

“Replace the House of Lords to save the UK ... which are not getting processed by the Government or Parliament. “The cost-of-living crisis, the housing crisis, the climate crisis, it ...

A court has rejected businessman Sir Philip Green's complaint about being named in Parliament in relation to misconduct ...

Generally speaking, you get one chance for Lords reform every 30 to 40 years. There was a Parliament Act in 1911 and another in 1949, both of which reduced the Chamber’s powers. Things briefly sped up ...

Some of the UK’s “sickest children” will be put at “unnecessary risk” as a result of the Government’s proposals to overhaul mental health legislation, Parliament has heard. Baroness ...

Lord Hain, who named Sir Philip Green in parliament, says he is "really pleased" the principle of parliamentary privilege has ...

The former Arcadia Group chairman took a case to the European Court of Human Rights over the use of parliamentary privilege.

Protesters calling for the abolition of the unelected chamber started shouting, singing and throwing leaflets (House of Lords/UK Parliament/PA) PA Wire The leaflets, apparently modelled on an ...