The proposals will now undergo further scrutiny in the Lords, where they are expected to face tough opposition.

Time flies when you finally get into Government. After all, it has been mere months since Sir Keir Starmer was positioning ...

Labour bill has enraged some hereditary peers, but was also criticised by other lords for failing to go far enough ...

Sarah Botham's comments come after Lord Foulkes of Cumnock accused the former cricketer of not attending the chamber because ...

Cross party support expressed for abolishing the bishops' bench entirely in debate on reforming the House of Lords ...

Labour’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill overwhelmingly passed its third reading by 435 votes to 73 on Tuesday, consigning the principle — and the 92 places reserved for hereditary peers in the ...

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed MPs had backed the move and it was now down to peers to do the same ...

The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on matters in their ministries rather than on the running of the country.

MPs are to consider calls to remove the Church of England bishops from the House of Lords and introduce a mandatory ...

NSS welcomes Government commitment to legislate for register this parliamentary session as it would help tackle illegal faith ...

Lord Triesman, the former FA chairman, denounces county that charged teenage footballer, saying ‘she has been treated in a ...

MEMBERS of Parliament have voted to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords, but rejected an amendment from the ...