Peers voted for numerous amendments making it improbable the legislation will return to the Commons this side of Easter Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda deportation bill …
Peers concerned illegal migration laws will jeopardise sharing of DNA, fingerprinting and criminal records The UK’s post-Brexit policing pact with the EU on sharing DNA, …
Rishi Sunak’s key reforms had faced challenges from peers including from the archbishop of Canterbury The government’s small boats and migration bill is poised to …
Archbishop of Canterbury among peers behind amendments to illegal migration legislation as standoff with government continues A standoff over the Conservative government’s controversial plans to …
Ministers were forced to offer rebel Conservative MPs concessions on key asylum legislation Jeremy Hunt has responded to new ONS figures showing that unemployment has …
Archbishop of York tells General Synod that ‘Our Father’ has patriarchal connotations The archbishop of York has suggested that opening words of the Lord’s Prayer, …
Purpose of the bill is now ‘dead’, says crossbench peer Alex Carlile after yesterday’s vote in House of Lords Good morning. Yesterday the illegal migration …
Balance of 174 Labour peers to Tories’ 263 ‘could make life difficult’ for a Starmer government, party source tells the Times Labour is reportedly devising …
Exclusive: Rami Ranger apologises and promises to attend behaviour course after report into his conduct towards Poonam Joshi UK politics live – latest updates A …
Committee highlights serious problems with residence schemes affecting Brits already living in the EU before Brexit UK politics live – latest updates An influential House …
Email blunder sparks inquiry into New Issues Group’s ‘collaboration with Islamophobes’ A secretive organisation accused of collaborating with far-right activists has been operating out of …
Email blunder sparks inquiry into New Issues Group’s ‘collaboration with Islamophobes’ A secretive organisation accused of collaborating with far-right activists has been operating out of …
Peers rejected letting police exercise stop and search without suspicion and sanction people without conviction Proposed legislation aimed at curbing tactics used by protest groups …
Ex-Labour deputy leader uses first speech to express remorse for role in seeking action over claims of Westminster paedophile ring The former Labour deputy leader …
Policy could distract party from pushing through other urgent measures, leader is told Keir Starmer has been warned by Labour peers that he risks getting …
Exclusive: Labour leader plans a new elected chamber after accusing successive Tory governments of handing peerages to ‘lackeys and donors’ Keir Starmer will abolish the …
Exclusive: peers to table more than 20 changes to proposed legislation when committee stage begins Labour peers are to step up their campaign to stop …
Committee report highlights necessity for people to change how they travel, eat and heat their homes A third of the UK’s emissions reductions must come …
Ai-Da, described as ‘world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist’, struggles at times to answer peers’ questions In a groundbreaking hearing, a robot “gave evidence” to a …
Exclusive: Constitutional review by Gordon Brown also recommends devolving economic powers Labour is considering abolishing the House of Lords and replacing it with an upper …
Government likely to block some of the expected amendments by influential peers at committee stage The government’s flagship energy bill will come before the House …
Influential committee says UK must join dots between policies to plug gap between ambition and delivery The next prime minister needs to grab Britain’s net …
Laughter echoed through the House of Lords on Tuesday (5 June) as a minister’s statement on upholding public standards was read out amid fresh scandal …
Consumer champion believes he was turned down because he was honest about limited time he could commit The consumer champion Martin Lewis has revealed an …