Business should be grateful for the House of Lords

Few would argue for our current constitutional arrangement if it didn’t already exist, but right now the House of Lords is ...

With new 25 Labour lords and ladies, Keir Starmer plots end of the peer show for the Tories

The prime minister has put forward 25 Labour lords and ladies as he seeks to curb a Conservative majority in the House of ...
Liberal Democrats

New Liberal Democrat appointments to the House of Lords

John and the Liberal Democrats have proudly championed reform of the House of Lords, supporting the Hereditary Peers Bill ...
The Economist

Think twice before shaking up the House of Lords, says its speaker

IT IS THE peculiar fate of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to be rarely in the headlines except when there are calls for its reform or abolition. Now is ...

Two House of Lords peers suspended after breaking lobbying rules

Lord Dannatt will be barred from the Lords for four months while Lord Evans of Watford will be suspended for five months ...
The Conversation

Public wants much greater Lords reform than government’s modest plan – new survey

Meg Russell receives research funding from the Legal Education Foundation, and her work on the House of Lords has in the past been funded by the ESRC. The UK government’s proposal to reform the House ...
The New York Times

House of Lords (Great Britain)

British lawmakers on Friday confirmed their support for assisted suicide for some terminally ill people, after months of scrutiny that followed an initial vote last year. By Stephen Castle Long ...
The New York Times

‘We Need to Go Hard’: Why Britain’s Lords Are Clashing With Sunak

The government’s contentious Rwanda policy, which has been championed by the prime minister, has prompted a rebellion in Britain’s unelected second chamber. By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle ...