The proposals will now undergo further scrutiny in the Lords, where they are expected to face tough opposition.

The daughter of former cricketer Ian Botham has hit out at an "unnecessarily aggressive and accusatory attack" on her father over his failure to turn up at the House of Lords. Sarah Botham rallied ...

“And to abolish this idea that I’ve just described, that former Members of Parliament can just naturally assume that they will get a place in the House of Lords.” Mr Wishart went on to ...

Labour's general election manifesto pledged to introduce a mandatory retirement age of 80 for members of the upper house. It also said the party was committed to replacing the House of Lords with ...

PARLIAMENT has voted to evict the last of Britain’s hereditary peers from the House of Lords after more than seven ... As the Archbishop of Canterbury — a member of the Lords — was drafting his ...

The SNP has proposed to force members of the House of Lords to pay income tax on their parliamentary allowance. This week the party’s Deputy Westminster Leader Pete Wishart will table an ...

Justin Welby must be stripped of his right to sit in the House of Lords after his resignation ... which has over 85 million members globally. The independent Makin Review, a 251-page report ...

New clause one would prevent the Church of England bishops from being members of the Lords. New clause three would ensure peers would no longer be entitled to membership of the Lords at the end of the ...

SNP MP calls for House of Lords to be abolished - Pete Wishart described Parliament’s second chamber as an ‘absurd ...

MPs reject bid to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords - The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on ...