The Latest Breaking News from House of Lords

Stablecoin petition hits 85,000 signatures as peers investigate UK strategy

House of Lords told excessive regulation means the UK risks falling far behind the US and EU

Evening Standard · Mar 11

Peter Mandelson asked Foreign Office for £500k severance payment, files show

Ex-peer sacked as US ambassador over Epstein links was offered £75,000, documents released by Cabinet Office show

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11

Hereditary peers to be removed from House of Lords in historic change

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The Independent UK · Mar 11

Tory peer to retire after facing suspension over Covid-era PPE contracts deal

Lord Chadlington was facing a 12-month suspension from the upper chamber

Evening Standard · Mar 6

Tory peer to leave Lords after investigation finds he breached standards over Covid PPE deals

Lord Chadlington introduced government to company in which he had financial interest in 2020

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say

Ministers urged to abandon plans to let tech firms use work of novelists, artists and writers without permission

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

How do dodgy political appointments like Mandelson actually happen?

The headaches for Keir Starmer just keep coming. As the fallout from Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein continues, two more Labour peers who were recently appointed to the House of Lords have been embroiled in their own scandals.

The Independent UK · Mar 2

Starmer’s judgement under fresh scrutiny as another Labour peer he appointed is suspended

The newly ennobled Lord Joe Docherty of Milngavie, who was nominated to join the House of Lords by the prime minister, was stripped of the party whip on Saturday, pending an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour

The Independent UK · Mar 1

New Labour peer suspended over alleged inappropriate behaviour

He was administratively suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation

The Independent UK · Feb 28

Esther Rantzen’s daughter gives terminal cancer update as she admits family ‘in denial’

Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter has issued an update on her mother’s health after the broadcaster hit out at members of the House of Lords over what she described as “blatant sabotage” of the assisted dying bill.

The Independent UK · Feb 27