The Latest Breaking News from Lords

Peers urge Government to ‘change course’ on Online Safety Bill

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee has raised concerns over Ofcom’s independence under the proposed Bill.

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

Tory donors own UK properties via more than 150 offshore firms

People including property developers and peers who have collectively donated £21m named on new register

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

Lords can stop police getting pre-emptive protest ban rights, Green peer says

Labour must whip its benches to vote against controversial proposed powers, says Jenny Jones

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

The Standard View: Time for ministers to support Ella’s Law

Ella’s Law, otherwise known as the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill, has already passed the Lords and now it is in the queue of private members’ bills waiting to come before the Commons.

Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2023

Will 2023 be the LAST year of paid holidays in the UK?

PAID holiday leave in the UK is among the most generous in the world – but could that be at risk because of a planned “bonfire” of EU…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 6, 2023

Anger as Tories make hereditary peer a minister overseeing benefits at DWP

RISHI Sunak’s Tories have been accused of showing “contempt for democracy” after they made a hereditary peer a minister in the Department…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 2, 2023

Key questions about the House of Lords

Letters: Conservative peer Timothy Kirkhope on what the upper house does well and how to ensure appointments to it are done on the right basis

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

‘Sexually explicit graffiti’ found in men’s toilet near Commons bar, FOI reveals - OLD

A vandal also scratched the name ‘Dave’ into the stonework of a corridor in the House of Lords in 2022.

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

Scots ‘should be affronted’ by UK loophole which lets Lords be MSPs

BORIS Johnson sparked a mini constitutional crisis when he sought to use his resignation honours list to award peerages to sitting MPs such as…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 26, 2022

Archbishop of Canterbury stands by criticism of Government migrant policy

Justin Welby used a speech in the House of Lords to condemn the Government’s Rwanda plan.

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022