The reform of the House of Lords has been on the cards for centuries. It was actually abolished in 1649, but re-instated a few years later (along with the monarchy), and has remained the subject of ...
One of the book’s central conclusions is that the rise of the assetocrats in the Lords coincided with a wider transformation ...
Comprehensive analysis of the House of Lords in more than a decade finds wealth and elite privilege remain deeply embedded in parliament.
The proposal would require ministers to consult the public on a more democratic second chamber, putting pressure on the ...
A Labour Party deputy who spent years in opposition, he criticized Conservatives and members of his own party, and was at the heart of major political moments. By Alan Cowell A small group in the ...
A bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales failed in parliament on Friday after getting bogged down in Britain's unelected upper house, as campaigners vowed to ...
In this long read by James Joseph, Managing Editor for Long-Form Content and Lilian Trickey, a student at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, they unpack the case of whether removing hereditary ...
The House of Lords, formally styled the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled and referred to ...
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