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 ...
Hereditary nobles have sat in Britain's Parliament for centuries. Their time may be up
British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords ...
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 ...
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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 ...
How is the House of Lords set to change?
Parliament's upper chamber faces major reform, starting with Labour's promise to remove remaining hereditary peers ...
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
The Government has been challenged to go further in reforming the House of Lords and remove the 26 Church of England bishops ...
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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 ...
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House of Lords reform bill passes second reading - what you need to know
The new Labour government's plans to reform the House of Lords passed its second reading on Tuesday. Proposals to make changes to the upper chamber are likely to face significant opposition at later ...