The Latest Breaking News from House of Lords

Peer faces six-month suspension after ‘bullying’ staff over a suitcase

This is the third time Lord Andrew Stone has breached Parliament’s rules on bullying and harassment.

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2024

UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords

UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London -- and he is not happy about it.

International Business Times · Dec 9, 2024

Archbishop of Canterbury sorry for abuse victims’ hurt after ‘tone deaf’ speech

Justin Welby’s words in the House of Lords during his farewell speech on Thursday have come under fire.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024

Keir Starmer top ally hails axing of hereditary peers as 'biggest step in Lords reform for a long time'

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed MPs had backed the move and it was now down to peers to do the same

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

SNP MP calls for House of Lords to be abolished

Pete Wishart described Parliament’s second chamber as an ‘absurd embarrassment’.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

A new plan aims to fix the UK’s ‘broken’ food system –but here’s what the strategy overlooks

Two-thirds of the UK population are either overweight or obese – a crisis that costs billions each year in healthcare and lost productivity. Yet, in a 2021 review of nearly 700 obesity-related policies in England, researchers at the University of Cambridge found no evidence they had successfully reduced obesity. A…

The Conversation · Nov 12, 2024

Green party says Starmer must do more to cut energy use to meet net zero targets – as it happened

Green party says PM’s target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit is welcome but not enough

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

SNP plot to sabotage Labour bill with amendment to 'abolish House of Lords'

THE SNP are set to lodge a series of amendments in an attempt to sabotage Labour's House of Lords legislation.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 11, 2024

UK politics latest: Sue Gray ‘rejects’ new role as Starmer makes huge emissions pledge at Cop29

The former chief of staff had been offered the role as envoy to the nations and regions

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

Austerity hurts more than a smack

Letters: when services that support vulnerable families are cut to the bone, it’s no wonder society breaks down

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024