On Monday night, the House of Lords sat until 1.30 am pressing the government on its ‘emergency’ Jobseekers bill. I know we don’t keep normal hours in Westminster but even by our standards that is outrageous. As someone firmly in the grip of middle age, I freely confess this is way past my bedtime. I guess Ministers hoped that we’d all give up and go home if they timetabled it so late. But Labour peers stayed up and kept at [...]




