Lords defeat coalition over fixed-term parliaments
Peers have handed the coalition government another defeat, over plans to introduce five-year parliaments.
Lords is ‘bloated’, MPs tell Cameron
The current House of Lords risks becoming bloated and dysfunctional while reform proposals are debated, MPs have warned.
Lords opposition chief warns of ‘complete abuse’
Plans to make the Lords’ membership match that of the Commons are “wretched”, the leader of the opposition in the upper House has told politics.co.uk.
‘More to come’ from Labour peers
Opposition figures in the House of Lords are planning further disruption of the coalition’s legislative programme after the Easter recess.
Coalition leaders prepare for ‘no’ referendum win
David Cameron and Nick Clegg have laid the groundwork for a ‘no’ campaign win in the upcoming electoral reform referendum.
Crossbenchers ‘will walk away’ from elected Lords
No independent crossbenchers will stand for election if the Lords becomes wholly elected, a peer has predicted.
Baroness speaks out against peers’ fur robes
Peers should lead by example and stop using rabbits’ fur on their ceremonial robes, a baroness has said.
Tory fundraiser may ascend to the Lords
By politics.co.uk staff A Conservative co-chairman and old friend of the prime minister is one of the names being mooted for peerages, according to reports. Andrew Feldman went to Oxford with David Cameron and operated as organiser of the party’s fundraising while in opposition since Mr Cameron became leader of the opposition. Mr Feldman is […]
Boothroyd to fight Lords reform
By politics.co.uk staff Former Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd has pledged to turn her forceful personality against plans to reform the House of Lords. In a debate on the future of parliament’s upper House yesterday she suggested coalition plans to introduce elections for the Lords had been poorly thought through. A committee set up this summer […]
Prescott defends his lordship
By politics.co.uk staff John Prescott has defended his decision to enter the House of Lords against accusations of hypocrisy. The former deputy prime minister made his opposition to the Lords abundantly clear during his long political career. “I’m against too much flunkery and titles,” he told the Scotsman in 2008. “But Paul [his wife Pauline] […]
