The Latest Breaking News from the House of Lords

The government is proposing a change in the law on parental child abduction. The crime and policing bill, under consideration in parliament, would make it a crime for a parent to take their child on holiday and then not return them at the end of the agreed holiday period. This…

Lord Evans of Watford and other directors of investment firm deny claims made in lawsuits they say are ‘meritless’

Angela Rayner drops plan to force earlier implementation after talks, says source, with start date to be announced in Commons

The new Data (Use and Access) Act, which criminalises intimate image abuse, is a huge victory won fast in a space where progress is often glacially slow

Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, a strong opponent of the Bill, branded the emergence of a leaked policy document from 2023 ‘hugely disappointing’.

Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber

Palliative care is deeply underfunded and unequal. Assisted dying cannot go ahead until politicians right that wrong, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

Letters: Dr Jacky Davis and Stephen Sedley respond to letters that supported the Lords’ scrutiny of the bill

The TV veteran is planning an early Christmas with her loved ones

Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions

Letters: Dr Lucy Thomas and Penelope Jenkins support the House of Lords’ examination of the bill, but Margaret Pelling says they seem to be blocking the legislation, not scrutinising it