The Latest Breaking News from House of Lords

Exposed: Labour peer’s involvement in apparent cash-for-access venture

Lord David Evans of Watford said ‘our mates now have senior jobs’ and advised on how to approach Angela Rayner

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

Lord Evans of Watford: long-serving peer facing cash-for-access questions

Made a peer by Tony Blair in 1998, Evans is well connected to a Labour party back in power

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

Britain’s insistence on total Ukrainian victory was misguided – it’s time for a realistic compromise

By refusing to back negotiations for the past three years, the UK has become irrelevant to the search for peace – we must change course, says crossbench peer Robert Skidelsky

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

Revealed: how members of House of Lords benefit from commercial interests

Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reform

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025

Labour branded 'utterly shameless' after giving former Scottish leader Lords role

A FORMER leader of Scottish Labour has been inducted into the House of Lords as her party has been accused of “shamelessly” ennobling a new…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 13, 2025

Lord Elis-Thomas obituary

Influential leader of Plaid Cymru who advanced the nationalist cause in Wales and helped establish the country’s parliament

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025

Whereabouts of Attorney General raised after complaint peers ‘never see him’

The top law officer has been the focus of controversy amid concerns over possible conflicts of interest

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025

Trump risks ICC arrest warrant being issued for him, says human rights lawyer

Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws told the House of Lords that the Article 70 of the Rome Statute forbids the obstruction of justice.

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

Sue Gray takes seat in Lords after leaving Government amid internal rows

The former civil servant wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony, watched by her Labour MP son.

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

Tributes paid to Lord Elis-Thomas, first presiding officer of the Welsh Assembly

Politicians from across the political divide came together in the Senedd to remember Lord Elis-Thomas

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025