Most members of the House of Lords are life peers, meaning they may sit in the House of Lords for their lifetime, but their peerage cannot be passed on to an heir. Twenty six Church of England ...

Questions over the future of the House of Lords are back on the table in the light of Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, which includes one of his former advisers, thought to be in her ...

The House of Lords could inflict yet another defeat on the Government, this time on calls for a second phase of the Leveson inquiry into media standards. Crossbench peer Baroness Hollins is set to ...

Political donors and ‘chums’ of prime ministers could be blocked from the House of Lords under a proposed new law. Conservative peer Lord Norton of Louth wants to tighten the rules around the ...

The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK Parliament. It complements the work of the House of Commons and makes laws, holds government to account and investigates policy issues.

There are more than 75 Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords. We scrutinise legislation line by line, offering amendments to improve it, and work with other opposition groups and Government ...

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