If Starmer has no need of hereditary peers, we must remove bishops too
Time flies when you finally get into Government. After all, it has been mere months since Sir Keir Starmer was positioning ...
Left Foot Forward6h
Why we need to urgently reform the House of Lords
The House of Lords, the UK’s second parliamentary chamber, is primarily a revising chamber and urges the government of the day to rethink some aspects of its proposed legislation. However, it is ...
Hereditary peer compares Starmer to China’s Xi as MPs vote to abolish bloodline members
Labour bill has enraged some hereditary peers, but was also criticised by other lords for failing to go far enough ...
Ban for ‘autistic’ female teenager after transgender comment is condemned in House of Lords
The six-match ban handed to a young female footballer for asking a “bearded” transgender opponent, “are you a man?” has been ...
The Scotsman15d
'Embarrassment': The push to ban House of Lords peers from the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Greens want to ban peers from the House of Lords from serving as MSPs in the Scottish Parliament. The party says the House of Lords is an “antidemocratic, archaic institution ...
heraldscotland1mon
House of Lords reform: why, how and what happens next
Sitting hereditary peers include Charles Wellesley ... the SNP introduced an amendment calling for the House of Lords to be scrapped. Pete Wishart said during the debate: "What we have down ...
The Independent1mon
Calls to remove bishops from House of Lords as MPs support upper chamber reforms
Mr Thomas-Symonds replied: “The church itself has said they recognise the need for reform in terms of size of the House of Lords.” SNP MP Pete Wishart compared peers to the Baratheons and ...