The Latest Breaking News from Lords

Fast-tracked law change to allow Anne and Edward to deputise for King

The Counsellors of State Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords just a day after the monarch made a formal request.

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Here's how much Baroness Ruth Davidson has claimed in just one year in the Lords

Baroness Davidson, who stood down at the last Holyrood election to become a life peer, has only attended 34 days in 11 months

The National (Scotland) · Nov 14, 2022

Billionaire hedge fund boss who donated millions to Tories takes place in House of Lords

Australian-born businessman Sir Michael Hintze, 69, was appointed to the unelected upper house after being put forward by former PM Boris Johnson

Daily Mirror · Nov 14, 2022

Government to make changes to controversial Northern Ireland legacy Bill

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is set to be debated in the House of Lords later this month.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022

Who has Boris Johnson nominated for peerages?

Ex-PM has selected more than a dozen of his closest allies to head to the Lords. Here are some of the key figures

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022

Tory MPs nominated for peerages to delay accepting them

Four MPs nominated by Boris Johnson will delay taking up seats in upper chamber to avoid triggering byelections

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022

Labour demands Sunak blocks Johnson’s ‘conveyor belt of cronies’ to the Lords

The former prime minister has asked multiple Conservative MPs to hold off on their peerage so they do not trigger by-elections.

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Cronyism, donors, wily MPs: Johnson’s honours glorify all that is wrong with his party

The scandals pile so high the Tories hope we can’t keep track of them. But outside the walls of Westminster, anger is mounting, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022

Peerage delay for Tory MPs is 'manipulation of democracy in its worst form'

REPORTS that Boris Johnson has asked four Tory MPs to delay taking up peerages so that the party can avoid losing by-elections is "manipulation…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 8, 2022

Boris Johnson offers Lords seats for LIFE to young aides, MP pals and his holiday donor

Labour urged Rishi Sunak to block the Prime Minister rewarding cronies and a Tory donor - as he tries to dodge a by-election humiliation by letting four MPs DELAY taking up their seats

Daily Mirror · Nov 8, 2022