Peers today backed a fully appointed House of Lords under the Government's plans for further reform of the Upper House. Voting was 335 to 110, majority 225. It is the first of seven free votes on ...

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 ...

The role of the House of Lords is to help make laws, check on the work of government and investigate issues. Most peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of a prime minister in ...

The former civil servant wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony, watched by her Labour MP son.

A Russian newspaper owner could lose his seat in the House of Lords after a Labour peer said he would launch a bid to throw him out. Boris Johnson nominated Evgeny Lebedev for a peerage in 2020 ...

a committee of peers has said. The House of Lords economic affairs committee called on ministers to act urgently to prevent the annual cost of incapacity and disability benefits spiralling from ...