Christopher Geidt asked to write apology letter after joining an MoD meeting on behalf of a US satellite firm that was paying him A crossbench peer and former ethics adviser to Boris Johnson ha...
Prof Sir John Curtice, the psephologist and lead election analyst for the BBC, said the chances of a Tory revival were small. This live blog is closed In the House of Lords peers have just star...
Concern that quick succession of prime ministers has filled House of Lords with donors, junior aides and MPs who have lost seats UK politics – latest updates Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer wil...
Liberal Democrat Steve Webb says he thinks affected women will have to be offered some ‘form of rough justice’ Q: Are you supporting Esther Rantzen’s campaign for an assisted dying law? ...
Lords back amendments saying bill must comply with international law, on classifying Rwanda as a safe country and independent monitoring Yesterday I covered quite a lot of comment on the Rachel...
Historian and deputy speaker of the Lords who chaired the Security Industry Authority A deputy speaker of the House of Lords, Ruth Henig, who has died aged 80, combined a successful career as a...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/20/ruth-henig-obituary
Last parliamentary private secretary to Harold Wilson, whose political career spanned six decades John Tomlinson, the former Foreign Office minister, who has died aged 84, had an active career ...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/20/lord-tomlinson-obituary
David Neal says government failed to publish his report on conditions for asylum seekers in east Africa country UK politics – latest updates Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill could be ...
All 10 amendments made by peers voted down, giving much-needed boost to beleaguered PM Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda took a step forward on Monday night after MPs voted ...
Exclusive: Second round of ‘ping pong’ between Lords and Commons no longer scheduled before recess UK politics – latest updates The passage of the government’s Rwanda deportation bill ...
Unlock Democracy report notes that path to gender equality in Lords has slowed in recent years Rishi Sunak has the worst record on appointing women from his party to the House of Lords of any p...
Archbishop says there has been hate speech and ‘enormous’ rise in abusive language against bishops, particularly female ones The archbishop of Canterbury carries a personal alarm amid incre...
Behind the parliamentary ping-pong are tens of thousands of refugees, left in perilous limbo by a broken system Not surprisingly, in his budget the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, made no mention of t...
Rishi Sunak’s bill was opposed in 10 votes by peers, two days after five amendments were forced through Rishi Sunak has suffered further setbacks in the House of Lords over his controversial ...
Letter from former Post Office chair Henry Staunton gives new details on conversations. This live blog is closed SIR MARK ROWLEY has hit back at Rishi Sunak’s criticism of the policing of ant...
Peers, including senior Tories, vote by margins of about 100 votes for changes to legislation, which will have to go back to Commons Rishi Sunak has suffered his heaviest defeat in the House of...
Prime minister suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill. This live blog is closed There will be one urgent question in the Commons today at 3.30pm, on the Home Office’s decision to ...
Carmen Smith of Plaid Cymru, 27, argues for Welsh representation and wants to ‘bring more voices’ to the unelected chamber She wears Dr Martens boots, loves Dua Lipa and clears her head by ...
A ‘Britcoin’ would trade convenience for societal dangers that hard cash keeps in check Two years ago, the House of Lords looked into whether the Bank of England should issue digital pounds...
Entrepreneur Stuart Marks reportedly featured on – but was removed from – Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list A major donor to the Conservative party who reportedly featured on Boris...