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Archive: Lords Reform
Lords reform strategies starting to emerge
Kicking politicians upstairs, the 'minimum fuss' approach and the money factor will all matter in the Lords reform debate to come.
Clegg's shifting rhetoric on Lords reform
Consensus still elusive on Lords reform
Dizzying Lords reform debate won't end prettily
Interview: Peter Facey and the long game of Lords reform
A century of failure on Lords reform isn't putting off Peter Facey, the director of campaigning group Unlock Democracy.
Lords reform: Both sides gather strength for the struggle to come
As the coalition devises its strategy behind closed doors, the enemies of Lords reform are sitting and waiting. A big, big fight is coming up over the horizon fast.
Lords reform overshadows Queen's Speech 2012
The looming Lords reform struggle is overshadowing bills which the Queen has said will "restore economic stability" in her Speech to parliament.
PM's father-in-law warns of BNP 'train crash' over Lords reform
Government plans for an elected upper house could lead to the British National Party (BNP) gaining its first seats in parliament, according the Viscount Astor, the stepfather of the prime minister's wife Samantha.
Deep divisions reveal rocky road ahead for Lords reform
Fundamental divisions among MPs and peers over proposed elections for the Lords are signalling a tough road ahead for the coalition's reforms.
Lords reform's death by a thousand cuts
It was a grisly, tortuous demise meted out on criminal miscreants in late Qing dynasty China. In 21st century Britain, the death by a thousand cuts is reserved for another purpose: polishing off the coalition's Lords reforms.
Comment: Public must have their say on Lords reform
Ministers must avoid a referendum at all costs if they are to succeed in reforming the House of Lords. But that doesn't mean the public doesn't deserve one.
Tories signal massive revolt over Lords reform
The coalition's Queen's Speech relaunch appears under threat after Conservative MPs threatened to rebel en masse against its centrepiece, Lords reform.
Clegg's shifting rhetoric on Lords reform
Nick Clegg says introducing elections to the Lords will help the second chamber be less political. Er - really?
It's either/or for boundary changes and Lords reform
You can't have your major constitutional upheaval and keep your electoral map shakeup too...
Bishops in the Lords survive, but their privileges could be on the line
The bishops may be set to survive the coalition's Lords reforms, but important questions remain to be resolved about their role in the Lords.
Dizzying Lords reform debate won't end prettily
Round and round in circles they went. Eventually the Lords reform debate will get so giddy with dizziness it will fall off the coalition's merry-go-round for good.
politics.co.uk podcast: The perils of Lords reform
The coalition's plans for an elected second chamber are well underway - but can they be turned into reality?
Interview: Mark Harper's Lords reform challenge
It is, perhaps, the hardest reform of them all. Can Mark Harper succeed where so many before him have failed?
Tory grumblers told to fall in line over Lords reform
Lords reform was in manifesto, Mark Harper points out
Consensus still elusive on Lords reform
Here's some brief notes about developments on the nitty-gritty of constitutional reform, from today's deputy prime minister's questions.
Bullish Clegg's got the wrong approach to Lords reform
Nick Clegg's bullish approach to Lords reform is only going to make a tough ask even tougher.
Comment: Bullish Clegg's got the wrong approach to Lords reform
Nick Clegg's bullish approach to Lords reform is only going to make a tough ask even tougher.
Clegg expects Labour fight over Lords reform
Nick Clegg looks to be adopting a combative approach as he gears up for a massive constitutional struggle over Lords reform next year.
Questioning the Queen's religious role opens up a real can of worms
This is a very sensitive issue which could provoke real hostility from the establishment.
Wading through the Lords reform quagmire
The likelihood of the coalition succeeding in its bid to reform parliament's upper House continues to dwindle this autumn.
Bringing the Lords down to size
I'm hearing that an extreme solution is being considered in some quarters.
Lords reform is starting to bother the Lib Dems
Among the current sticking points is the awkward question of what to call the members of the new upper House.
Lib Dems braced for Lords reform 'test of nerve'
Senior Liberal Democrats are preparing the ground for a protracted struggle with "recalcitrant" peers over reform of the House of Lords.
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