The Latest Breaking News from Lords

David Cameron says ‘heat and anger’ gone from UK-EU relationship

Foreign secretary tells Lords committee that Brexit has enabled UK to be ‘big enough to matter, but small enough to be nimble’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023

Watch: David Cameron questioned by Lords committee for first time as foreign secretary

Watch as David Cameron is questioned for the first time as foreign secretary in front of a Lords committee on Thursday, 14 December.

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

The Guardian view on secondary education: the Lords are right – one size doesn’t fit all

Editorial: An overly prescriptive and narrow curriculum is failing too many pupils at English schools

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

Jofra Archer plays for old Barbados school team – without telling the ECB

Jofra Archer has stepped up his recovery from injury by playing for his old school team in the Barbados Championship – without telling the ECB that he was doing so

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023

Next UK election set to be most unequal in 60 years, study finds

Voter turnout gap between top and bottom earners growing since 60s, says IPPR thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023

High court challenge to ‘constitutionally unprecedented’ UK anti-protest law

National Council for Civil Liberties brings civil case to quash ‘back-door’ regulations making it easier for police to stop protests

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

Migrant age assessment plans ‘certainly not scientific’ – Lord Winston

Home Office ministers faced questions about the accuracy and safety of new migrant age assessment plans.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Powerful Lords committee damns Bank of England over inflation forecasts

Report says lack of ‘intellectual diversity’ at senior level and too wide a range of priorities led to errors and fall in public confidence

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023

Bank of England has relied on ‘inadequate’ forecasts, Lords report says

The report recommended that ‘the Bank’s remit should be pruned by HM Treasury’.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Bikes should have number plates to stop cyclists being a danger on London’s streets, former Met chief says

Lord Hogan-Howe pushed the idea during a debate in the Lords on regulating pedicabs in the capital

Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2023