“Unelected and unaccountable” Lords “not acceptable”, Lisa Nandy says
Lisa Nandy has described the House of Lords as “unelected and unaccountable to the public” and argued that…
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Labour prepares to push power out of Westminster with a long-awaited report
Keir Starmer will unveil a report on constitutional reform this morning. Commissioned in 2020 and led by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown,…
Labour’s plans for an elected upper chamber will not succeed without PR
The announcement that Labour will, once again, seek to reform or replace the House of Lords is a…
Rayner: Revelations about PPE contracts show “total failure of due diligence”
Angela Rayner has declared that reports that a Tory peer received £29m from a firm that gained a…
Rayner accuses government of “cover-up” over Lebedev peerage documents
Angela Rayner has accused ministers of a “cover-up” over the peerage awarded to Evgeny Lebedev after the government…
Labour to force PM to release info on involvement in Lebedev appointment
Labour will attempt to force Boris Johnson to release information relating to his involvement in the controversial appointment…
Campaigners say Lebedev peerage shows Lords is “corrupt with cronyism”
The Electoral Reform Society has declared that the granting of a peerage to Evgeny Lebedev shows that the…
Why the health and care bill is unlikely to leave the House of Lords unscathed
For much of the early period of the coalition government, the health and social care bill faced intense…
Government suffers Lords defeat on key proposal in overseas operations bill
The government has been defeated in the House of Lords as peers backed a Labour-led move to block…
Labour: Government rejecting fire safety bill amendments “shameful”
Labour has described as “shameful” the government decision to vote down fire safety bill amendments that would have…
