Campaigner Lord Grocott urged colleagues to move faster in scrutinising legislation set to oust hereditary peers.

“The House of Lords is indefensible.” So said Keir Starmer in December 2022, endorsing proposals drawn up by his predecessor ...

Tony Blair ignited a constitutional row yesterday as he unveiled plans to make the House of Lords a plaything of ... Under the reform plans, set out in a White Paper and detailed to MPs by Commons ...

New research has discovered that 15 peers in the House of Lords claimed almost £600,000 in allowances and expenses despite ...

One amendment, laid by the Earl of Devon, a hereditary crossbencher, demands a consultation on whether the name “House of Lords” will be appropriate after reform. Hereditary peers claim that ...

Bill begins its committee stage in the upper chamber today. It is a miserable contribution to the saga of reforming the House ...

Government reform of the House of Lords was expected to move ahead following the announcement that a joint committee of MPs and peers is to be set up to look at the next stage. The move ...

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of “stuffing” the House of Lords with his allies at the same time as attempting to abolish ...

Baroness Angela Smith said Conservative peers had threatened to 'wear her down' by giving long-winded speeches and laying ...

Labour needs to talk plainly on the doorstep and reclaim its title as the party of working people to counter the looming threat of Reform in ... position in the House of Lords – he was sworn ...

Members of the House of Lords are talking about themselves ... and that the Bill is the first step in the process of wider Lords reform. During the prolonged debate, peers exchanged numerous ...