House of Lords
Hereditary peers to lose seats in House of Lords under new plans
Proposed legislation will end what officials called the ‘indefensible’ presence of members of the upper chamber who are there by right of birth.
Royal ermine meets buses – Pageantry and politics mix at State Opening
Poker faces – from the monarch downwards – made short work of a mobile phone going off as the historic ceremony ran like clockwork.
Charles to deliver second King’s Speech of his reign
The King, in his Imperial State Crown, will open Parliament and set out the new Labour Government’s agenda.
What happens when the Houses of Parliament return after the election?
MPs must elect a Commons Speaker before they can start the swearing-in process.
Theresa May set for House of Lords after receiving honour in dissolution list
In March, the 67-year-old revealed she would be standing down as the Tory MP for Maidenhead, a seat she has held since 1997.
Swinney criticises Jack’s election bets as ‘totally and utterly unethical’
The Scottish Secretary said he had no knowledge of when the election would take place until Rishi Sunak fired the starting gun.
House of Lords to face ‘immediate modernisation’ under a Labour government
The party added it remains committed to replacing the unelected chamber, but put no timeframe on the plan.
Peer set to be banned from Parliament’s bars for year after drunken outburst
Lord Kulveer Ranger, ennobled in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours, apologised for his behaviour, saying he was ‘deeply mortified’.
UK minister planning nuclear reactor in Scotland, says Alister Jack
The Scottish Government has been against nuclear power north of the border.
Labour would not create hundreds of new peers, Lords leader tells MPs
The Conservatives outnumber Labour in the Lords, but Baroness Smith said her party would not create a flood of new peers if elected.