Dianne Hayter: Labour peers won’t allow Tory Brexit power grab
The EU withdrawal bill is currently going through the motions of its long committee stage in the Lords.…
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Afzal Khan: Let’s listen to the voices of two million people left out of boundary review
The government decided to draw constituency boundaries on the basis of an electorate that is far lower than…
Labour defeats government in the Lords over EU citizens’ right to remain
Labour’s amendment to the Brexit bill has been passed in the House of Lords. The government were defeated,…
Smith: Using people as bargaining chips is shameful and could harm the economy
The government’s approach “seems to be to sit back and wait for others to blink first” when they…
Labour to back phone hacking amendment after ministers suffer fresh Lords defeat
Labour MPs have been put on a three line whip today to vote for a bill that would…
Elections to the Lords and taking big money out of politics: Corbyn and Smith on democratic reform
The independent Electoral Reform Society quizzed both Labour leadership candidate on a series of key democratic reform issues. You can read…
Chakrabarti: No discussion of peerage before anti-Semitism report
Shami Chakrabarti has denied that any discussion about her becoming a Labour peer took place before she carried…
Shami Chakrabarti to become a Labour peer
Shami Chakrabarti has been nominated by Labour to become a member of the House of Lords in the…
Lord Dubs and peers rally to defeat Tories again over child refugees
The Tories have suffered another embarrassing defeat in the Lords over their refusal to allow 3,000 unaccompanied child…
Lords force Tories into climbdown over trade union “check-off” plans
The Tories have today made a significant concession on the Trade Union Bill that will mean public sector…
