The Government's controversial proposals for House of Lords reform are set to come under heavy fire when they are debated by peers for the first time... more
Simple change almost never is. English institutions and maybe the English character are constructed of crooked timber and sometimes defy reason... more
Former Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick has been jailed for 12 months for fiddling Parliamentary expenses in what the judge described as a 'protracted course of dishonesty'... more
An influential House of Lords committee has accused UK auditors of either failing to spot mounting dangers in the banks or, if they did so, failing to alert regulators ahead of the banking crisis ... more
Labour baroness escapes prosecution over her expenses because of a legal loophole that lets peers claim their 'main residence' is a home they visit only once a month... more
Lenders caught up in the meltdown of toxic assets during the collapse of structured investment vehicles in the financial crisis, are to learn what rights they have to claim back their money... more
A critical vote in the House of Lords is looming for small newsagents who are being seriously threatened by plans to prevent tobacco products going on display across Britain ... more
Football: Football Association chairman Lord Triesman has announced he will not sit as a Labour peer in the House of Lords until England's 2018 World Cup bid campaign is over... more
Cardnial Cormac Murphy-O'Connor is set to become the first Roman Catholic bishop in the House of Lords since the 16th century, Gordon Brown has hinted... more
A series of peers claimed hundreds of pounds each day in expenses without asking ministers any questions and rarely participating in the chamber of the House of Lords... more
The newly ennobled Lord Mandelson, bedecked in proud red robes, is the latest Lord to go a-leaping into power in our parliament, bypassing the tedium of elections. For years, I was with those who believed the second chamber is a bastion of unfair privilege. Peers are still largely appointed on winks and nods and too many are elevated for party donations, partisan loyalties or to placate certain interests. It all felt terribly wrong.... more
The House of Lords is spending £32 million refurbishing a suite of offices for 117 peers and their secretaries, the Evening Standard can reveal... more
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