Protesters have disrupted the House of Lords with chants calling for the abolishment of the chamber. In footage from the Palace of Westminster, the group of about eight people could be heard ...

The House of Lords was thrown into chaos this afternoon when protesters began shouting and throwing leaflets from the public viewing gallery. Labour peer Baroness Twycross was debating the 80th ...

Proceedings in the House of Lords have been disrupted after protesters and threw leaflets reading "No More Lords" and started shouting and singing. A group of around half a dozen people in the ...

Screen grab of members of the House of Lords looking up during a protest in the chamber after protesters calling for the abolition of the unelected chamber started shouting, singing and throwing ...

Protesters campaigning for the abolition of the House of Lords forced a temporary shutdown of the upper chamber on Thursday by disrupting proceedings and throwing leaflets. Peers were interrupted ...

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of “stuffing” the House of Lords with his allies at the same time as attempting to abolish hereditary peers. The Prime Minister has appointed the most life ...

Protester Lucy Porter, 50, a primary school teacher from Leeds, said she was “campaigning for a house of the people”. On the Lords, she said: “It’s a symbol of everything that’s outdated. “We don’t ...

A newly sworn-in Labour peer has said he wants to see a "wider range of people" in the "really posh" House of Lords. Marvin Rees, who was mayor of Bristol from 2016 to 2024 when the role was ...