Full list of new Labour peers set to join House of Lords
Labour leader Keir Starmer is set to appoint dozens of new peers to the House of Lords, with…
Peers
Peers say three-year wait for police probe into Liverpool mayor ‘outrageous’
Peers including the former Conservative minister Michael Heseltine have demanded answers as to why former Labour mayor of…
‘How to make the Lords democratic – but avoid US Senate-style gridlock’
Labour’s rumoured working-age peers plan makes perfect sense, as does abolition of the Lords. However, it could be…
‘Johnson’s dishonours list underlines why Labour must overhaul the Lords’
Robbie Burns famously said that when “ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord/who struts, an’ stares, an’ a’…
Rushanara Ali: British MPs must pile more pressure on Burma to end the shameful violence against the Rohingya
On Wednesday morning, the United Nations’ human rights office published their latest report into the persecution of Rohingya…
Is Michael Cashman about to be made a peer?
Rumours have been circulating all week about the possibility of Michael Cashman being elevated to the House of…
Cameron forced to grovel to peers over Stowell snub
David Cameron has got himself in trouble with the House of Lords. After promoting Baroness Stowell to replace…
