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House of Lords

  • Fresh Round of Government Defeats in House of Lords Over Rwanda Bill
    Fresh Round of Government Defeats in House of Lords Over Rwanda Bill
    The vote on Wednesday has brought the total number of amendments, backed by peers to ten.
    March 7, 2024BY Evgenia Filimianova
  • Sunak Urged to Cap Number of Peers and End Resignation Honours
    Sunak Urged to Cap Number of Peers and End Resignation Honours
    The Speaker of the House of Lords has urged the prime minister to cap the size of the ...
    July 17, 2023BY Alexander Zhang
  • MPs Will Investigate House of Lords Membership, Size, Effectiveness
    MPs Will Investigate House of Lords Membership, Size, Effectiveness
    A cross-party group of MPs has launched an inquiry into the membership of the House of Lords, its ...
    June 21, 2023BY Evgenia Filimianova
  • Six African Nations Criticise Hunting Trophy Ban and Plan for ‘Beggar-Like Dependency’
    Six African Nations Criticise Hunting Trophy Ban and Plan for ‘Beggar-Like Dependency’
    Six African countries have written an open letter criticising the government's plans to ban the import of hunting ...
    June 15, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Police Get New Powers to Stop ‘Serious Disruption’ by Protesters
    Police Get New Powers to Stop ‘Serious Disruption’ by Protesters
    Police in England and Wales will have the power to stop protesters who cause “serious disruption to the ...
    June 14, 2023BY Evgenia Filimianova
  • Dorries Says Sunak Blocked Her Lords Seat
    Dorries Says Sunak Blocked Her Lords Seat
    Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has accused the prime minister and his political secretary of blocking her from ...
    June 13, 2023BY Evgenia Filimianova
  • Government Accused of Bullying and Intimidation Over Small Boats Bill
    Government Accused of Bullying and Intimidation Over Small Boats Bill
    Peers say they have been “abused, bullied and intimidated” by the government over legislation to stop the small ...
    June 13, 2023BY Patricia Devlin
  • Sunak Says He Refused Johnson’s Request to Overrule House of Lords on Vetoed Honours Names
    Sunak Says He Refused Johnson’s Request to Overrule House of Lords on Vetoed Honours Names
    The House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac) has confirmed it vetoed eight names former Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...
    June 12, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Small Boats Bill Faces Delay as Peers Demand Impact Report
    Small Boats Bill Faces Delay as Peers Demand Impact Report
    The Home Office faces a serious delay in pushing forward its Illegal Migration Bill as peers demand to ...
    June 6, 2023BY Patricia Devlin
  • Government Accused of Tightening Protest Laws Despite Opposition From House of Lords
    Government Accused of Tightening Protest Laws Despite Opposition From House of Lords
    The government lowered the threshold for taking action against protesters despite opposition from the House of Lords, a ...
    May 12, 2023BY Alexander Zhang
  • Over 70 Children Listed as Foreign Owners of UK Property: Lords
    Over 70 Children Listed as Foreign Owners of UK Property: Lords
    A register used to identify dirty Russian money in the UK has 70 children listed as foreign company ...
    May 3, 2023BY Patricia Devlin
  • Minister Tells Parliament Non-Crime Hate Incidents Should Not ‘Inhibit Lawful Debate’
    Minister Tells Parliament Non-Crime Hate Incidents Should Not ‘Inhibit Lawful Debate’
    A government minister has told a debate in the House of Lords the controversial policy of recording non-crime ...
    April 27, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Foreign Criminals Could Have Impunity to Commit Crime in UK If Plug Pulled on ECHR
    Foreign Criminals Could Have Impunity to Commit Crime in UK If Plug Pulled on ECHR
    Senior politicians have been told of the “devastating” impact on UK crime and justice if the government leaves ...
    March 7, 2023BY Patricia Devlin
  • New UK Legislation Could See Journalists Prosecuted for Receiving a Press Release, Peer Claims
    New UK Legislation Could See Journalists Prosecuted for Receiving a Press Release, Peer Claims
    Journalists who receive "an innocuous press release" could be arrested and prosecuted under new national security legislation going ...
    January 13, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Future of Britain’s House of Lords Uncertain, Amid Accusations of Cronyism
    Future of Britain’s House of Lords Uncertain, Amid Accusations of Cronyism
    The official opposition may not have been thinking only of Lady Mone, baroness of Mayfair, in announcing its ...
    December 20, 2022BY Rachel Hannah
  • Starmer Says UK Is ‘Broken Model’ as Labour Unveils Replacement for House of Lords
    Starmer Says UK Is ‘Broken Model’ as Labour Unveils Replacement for House of Lords
    The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has described Britain as a "broken model" and ...
    December 5, 2022BY Chris Summers
  • House of Lords Should Be Replaced With Elected ‘Modern Second Chamber’: UK Labour Party
    House of Lords Should Be Replaced With Elected ‘Modern Second Chamber’: UK Labour Party
    The House of Lords should be replaced with an elected “modern second chamber,” the UK’s main opposition Labour ...
    November 21, 2022BY Alexander Zhang
  • UK Government Accused of Cover-Up for Withholding Security Advice on Peerage for Russian Tycoon
    UK Government Accused of Cover-Up for Withholding Security Advice on Peerage for Russian Tycoon
    The UK government has been accused of a “cover-up” after it refused to release detailed security advice over ...
    May 13, 2022BY Alexander Zhang
  • House of Lords Told to Use Inclusive Language and Avoid Offense Terms Such as ‘Manpower’
    House of Lords Told to Use Inclusive Language and Avoid Offense Terms Such as ‘Manpower’
    The House of Lords, a major tenant of British democracy as the second chamber of the UK Parliament, ...
    April 20, 2022BY Owen Evans
  • Lords Defeat UK Government Over Voter ID Proposals
    Lords Defeat UK Government Over Voter ID Proposals
    The UK’s House of Lords has inflicted a defeat on the government over its plans to introduce photographic ...
    April 8, 2022BY Alexander Zhang
  • UK Lords Challenge Government Over Chinese Takeover of Semiconductor Firm
    UK Lords Challenge Government Over Chinese Takeover of Semiconductor Firm
    Members of the upper house of the British parliament have questioned the government over the planned Chinese takeover ...
    April 7, 2022BY Alexander Zhang
  • Transgenderism Diminishes Women Patients’ Dignity and Safety: UK Lawmakers
    Transgenderism Diminishes Women Patients’ Dignity and Safety: UK Lawmakers
    Female hospital patients’ dignity, privacy, and safety are being “diminished significantly” by the imposition of transgender rights in ...
    February 10, 2022BY Alexander Zhang
  • Probe Urged After Video Reveals Chinese Spy Boasted About Securing Changes to UK Legislation
    Probe Urged After Video Reveals Chinese Spy Boasted About Securing Changes to UK Legislation
    The British government has been urged to investigate claims made by Chinese communist agent Christine Lee that she ...
    January 20, 2022BY Alexander Zhang
  • UK Police Ordered to Record Misogyny as ‘Hate Crime’
    UK Police Ordered to Record Misogyny as ‘Hate Crime’
    The UK government will instruct all police forces in England and Wales to record suspected misogyny as a ...
    March 18, 2021BY Alexander Zhang
  • UK: Lords Vote to Bar Trade Deals With Genocidal Countries
    UK: Lords Vote to Bar Trade Deals With Genocidal Countries
    LONDON—Britain's House of Lords has voted to back proposals aimed at preventing the UK from making trade deals ...
    December 8, 2020BY The Associated Press
  • UK’s House of Lords Hands Cameron Defeat on Tax Credit Cuts
    UK’s House of Lords Hands Cameron Defeat on Tax Credit Cuts
    Britain's unelected House of Lords dealt a strong defeat to Prime Minister David Cameron's government—and provoked a constitutional ...
    October 26, 2015BY The Associated Press
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