All news on the topic: House of Lords

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Tory peer faces suspension over ’Lord Poppadom’ comment
Lady Meyer found to have breached harassment rules with behaviour towards Lord Dholakia that had ‘racial element’
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Labour donor Waheed Alli is under investigation by the House of Lords regarding the register of interests
Peer who gave gifts to Keir Starmer is being investigated after complaint he did not declare interests correctly
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Man arrested after bow and arrow found in car parked next to House of Lords
Suspect sectioned under the Mental Health Act and arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon
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Baroness Warsi resigns from Tories, citing the party’s shift to the far-right
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from the Conservative party after claiming the Tories have become too ‘far-right’.
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Ministers have introduced plans to remove all hereditary peers from the House of Lords
Government’s bill would prevent the 92 remaining peers who inherited their titles from sitting in upper chamber
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Do the royals vote, and what are the rules for them as political parties start campaigning?
The relationship between politics and the palace is a sensitive one - even more so during a general election campaign.
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Sunak 'presiding over terribly racist period for Tories' says ex-party chair
In a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi demanded the Tories hand back cash to Frank Hester and said he is presiding over a 'terribly racist period'
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Labour on course to oust Tory poster boy mayor Ben Houchen in blow for Sunak
A new poll found just 19% of voters in Tees Valley planned to vote for incumbent Ben Houchen - one of only two metro mayors the party has - with 45% backing Labour
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'Reinvent work experience for teenagers' say former education secretaries
Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Blunkett have called for a 'meaningful' relationship between schools and businesses
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Infected blood scandal victims demand quicker Government action on compensation
Eleven months on from the Infected Blood Inquiry's recommendations, campaigners argue the Government is dragging its feet on compensation payments
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Top Tory defends 'flood' of party donors into Lords as Truss allies take oath
Lord Robert Douglas-Miller was challenged after Jon Moynihan and Matthew Elliott took their places in the House of Lords after being elevated in Liz Truss's resignation honours
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PPE scandal explained - shortage riddle, who got rich and who was to blame
As ITV's drama Breathtaking airs, we look at what the Covid PPE scandal actually was, where the millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money went, why equipment didn't reach desperate NHS workers and who is being held to account
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Margaret Thatcher would've hated Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill says ex-Tory chairman
Lord Deben, who was Tory chairman while Margaret Thatcher was PM, said the Iron Lady wouldn't have approved of the current Government saying it's 'not conservative'
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Tories need 'geography lessons' after Network North vow includes South funding
An official document on the 'Network North' scheme outlines plans for rail not only in the North and the Midlands, but also in London and in areas as far south as Devon
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Former Tory Home Secretary hopes 'dangerous' Rwanda Bill is struck down by court
Former Home Secretary Ken Clarke is the latest Margaret Thatcher-era Tory grandee to hit out at the Rwanda Bill, which he told the House of Lords is 'extremely dangerous'
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Uncle of Tory minister accuses Government of acting like 'despots' over Rwanda
Lord Tugendhat, who is the uncle of Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat, savaged the Government's Safety of Rwanda Bill that he described as 'quite extraordinary'
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Lords and Parliament staff scoff 3,000 bags of Cheese and Onion crisps in year
The Walkers potato snacks topped the list of confectionery items sold by Lords retail outlets, shifting 2,580 bags. It was closely followed by Walkers’ Salt and Vinegar variety, selling 2,332, with the standard four-finger Kit Kat in third place, selling 2,298
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Barrister removed from BA plane by armed cops after row is given peerage by PM
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slipped out the list of new peers on Friday evening that also includes a council leader who bragged about trying to kill moles with a blowtorch
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'It's the economy, stupid' says Lastminute.com co-founder in digital plea
Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho has called for an end to digital exclusion
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Urgent action needed to spark sales surge of electric vehicles, new report says
A combination of higher purchase costs, insufficient charging infrastructure and mixed messaging are putting some people off from making the switch to electric motoring, peers warned
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Peers launch new attempt to ban conversion therapy after Tory delays and U-turns
A new Bill banning conversion therapy will be discussed in the House of Lords - more than five and a half years after former PM Theresa May vowed to crack down on it
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Piers Morgan confronts PM after his elderly mum spent hours on hospital trolley
In a TalkTV interview, Piers Morgan confronted Rishi Sunak over his 79-year-old mother's experience in hospital - as the Prime Minister admitted he has failed on his NHS pledge
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Lords and Parliament staff sink 15,000 pints of San Miguel lager - at discount
The beer topped the list of beverages served in House of Lords pubs and cafes - but lattes and teas were
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Big Issue vendors hand in petition to PM calling for end to housing insecurity
The petition was signed by almost 12,000 members of the public following a campaign launched by the magazine aimed at ending housing insecurity
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Archbishop of Canterbury says Rwanda plan 'leading nation down a damaging path'
In a scathing assessment of the Safety of Rwanda Bill in the House of Lords, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said 'we as a nation can do better' and branded it 'damaging'