JK Rowling turned down House of Lords peerage twice
JK Rowling has revealed she turned down two offers of a peerage in the House of Lords and would turn down a third. The author ...
Bishops’ automatic seats in House of Lords must be abolished, MPs tell Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to go further with reform of the House of Lords, with MPs calling for him to abolish ...
Labour’s reform of the House of Lords is simply gerrymandering
The catastrophic collapse in the opinion polls of support for the Prime Minister is undoubtedly due to his hypocrisy on ...
'Pipe down,' loud male peers told so their women colleagues can get a word in during Lords debate
Loud male peers are being urged to pipe down in the Lords so female colleagues can get a word in during debates. The Upper Chamber is generally far more sedate and civilised than the Commons which can ...
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JK Rowling reveals she’s turned down two House of Lords peerages
I’ve already turned down a peerage twice, once under Labour and once under the Tories’J.K. Rowling has revealed she ...
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Many want UK to ‘go further’ on halt to Israel arms sales: House of Lords member
There is still debate in the UK and voices for and against a ban on weapons sales to Israel, says House of Lords member Syed ...
I would put JK Rowling in House of Lords, says Kemi Badenoch
In Newport, Rhode Island, Navy medical officer Patricia Weinstein got a special surprise from her hero, her 91-year-old Navy ...
Calls to remove bishops from House of Lords as MPs support upper chamber reforms
But quality journalism must still be paid for. The Government has been challenged to go further in reforming the House of ...
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Calls to remove bishops from House of Lords as MPs support upper chamber reforms
The Government has been challenged to go further in reforming the House of Lords and remove the 26 Church of England bishops from the upper chamber. MPs offered their backing to legislation to ...
Gavin Williamson says he is more radical over House of Lords reform than Labour
The former Tory minister urged Labour to include more reforms including removing bishops from the upper chamber and ...
MPs back ending 'indefensible' hereditary peers in House of Lords
Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said there should no place in the 21st century 'reserved for those who are born into certain ...
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House of Lords Committee publishes inquiry findings on the effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
On Wednesday 16 October 2024, the House of Lords published its report on the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The inquiry, launched ...