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House of Lords reform is being debated once again with the passage of the bill to end hereditary peerages. But far more wide-reaching reform is needed. Our research reveals potential flaws in the ...
In the House of Lords they are still busy debating a bill that will decide whether 92 assorted dukes, earls, viscounts and hereditary barons should continue to have a role in making laws for the ...
A law to reform the House of Lords is being introduced by the Labour government. The bill will remove the remaining 92 hereditary peers, whose presence in the Lords is described as "outdated and ...
Protesters have disrupted the House of Lords with chants calling for the abolishment of the chamber. In footage from the Palace of Westminster, the group of about eight people could be heard ...
UK political parties will have to "publicly justify" why they are appointing peers to the House of Lords in a bid to tackle "cronyism" at Westminster. Ministers are drawing up plans to require all ...
Proceedings in the House of Lords have been disrupted after protesters and threw leaflets reading "No More Lords" and started shouting and singing. A group of around half a dozen people in the ...
Screen grab of members of the House of Lords looking up during a protest in the chamber after protesters calling for the abolition of the unelected chamber started shouting, singing and throwing ...