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Peers would be on dicey political ground if they tried to stop the bill passed by MPs – but they may run into problems over ...
The House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill does one simple thing: remove the remaining hereditary peers from membership of ...
The Lords, whose powers Labour aims to curtail, would do Britons a service by amending — or even helping defeat — the bill.
The House of Lords has backed a move to block the expulsion of hereditary peers from the upper chamber. Peers supported by 280 votes to 243, majority 37, an amendment to the House of Lords (Hereditary ...
A new front door at a main entrance to the House of Lords, that cost nearly £10 million, does not work, it has been disclosed. The project has been described as “a complete white elephant and a ...
A new front door at a main entrance to the House of Lords, that cost nearly £10 million, does not work, it has been disclosed. The project has been described as “a complete white elephant and a ...
The UK’s House of Commons voted to legalize assisted dying on Friday, in a move that is likely to usher in a significant cultural shift over how to handle the treatment of those with terminal ...
If the bill passes the House of Lords, England will join several other jurisdictions that permit assisted suicide, including several European countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany ...
A new front door at a main entrance to the House of Lords, that cost nearly £10 million, does not work, it has been disclosed. The project has been described as "a complete white elephant and a ...
The House of Commons has approved the Terminally Ill Adults Bill amid narrowing support and ongoing debate. Jacqui Thornton reports.
June 21, 2025 at 6:00am BST June 21 1975 It is almost a hundred years since WS Gilbert first delighted audiences with his sparkling satire on the House of Lords in the opera Iolanthe. It is all ...