Russia report highlights risk of foreign interference in House of Lords "It is notable that a number of Members of the House of Lords have business interests linked to Russia." Posted 22 Jul 2020
Moving the Lords to York is just virtue signalling if it remains unelected Once again, talk is bubbling that the House of Lords could be moved to York. Posted 16 Jul 2020
The government is set to appoint dozens of new Lords-for-life The government is planning to appoint up to 30 new unelected Lords this year - including Conservative donors and party figures, according to The Times. Posted 22 Jun 2020
Why are Britain’s unelected Lords hiding from scrutiny? It was a Parliamentary first – and it went without a hitch. On Wednesday, voters and MPs tuned in to the first-ever 'virtual' Prime Minister’s Questions. Posted 24 Apr 2020
How do House of Lords expenses work? As Lords lobby to receive their expenses to work from home, it’s worth taking a look at the current payments system in Britain's unelected second chamber.... Posted 23 Apr 2020
Let’s postpone bizarre peer by-elections for good Even in today’s climate, hereditary peer by-elections are among the more absurd aspects of British politics. Following the retirement of the Earl of Selborne from the House of Lords after almost 50 years in office,... Posted 01 Apr 2020
Another chance to scrap an absurd Parliamentary quirk A Bill to phase out one of Parliament’s more absurd procedures is making some progress, after being talked out of time by Lords last year. Lord Grocott’s Hereditary Peers (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill underwent its... Posted 17 Mar 2020
Lording it over us: Peers’ expenses free-for-all continues It’s a story we’ve heard too many times: unelected Lords cashing it in. This weekend, fresh revelations in the Sunday Times found that in the year to March 2019 peers claimed an average of £30,827... Posted 09 Mar 2020
Oh Lord… Defender of hereditary peers is made minister for political reform Last week’s government reshuffle saw some strange moves. Boris Johnson appointed a former speechwriter to John Major, Lord True, as a minister overseeing constitutional reform. A strange move because Lord True is one of just... Posted 19 Feb 2020