The last of the hereditary peers in the House of Lords
The Labour government has plans to end their ‘outdated and indefensible’ lawmaking position in the upper house
What was missing from the king’s speech? From votes for 16-year-olds to leasehold reform
A crackdown on the use of overseas workers and an AI bill were also missing from the speech
Housebuilding, railways, Lords reform: what to expect in the king’s speech
More than 30 bills expected as Labour government sets out its legislative agenda for this session of parliament
October 2023
Labour to omit funding of social care reform from manifesto and scale back Lords plans
Dismay as key proposals are downsized in order to make election offer to voters ‘bombproof’
August 2023
Code of Conduct by Chris Bryant review – a manifesto for a better politics
Hold your nerve on Lords reform, Keir Starmer, or we’ll never see the back of Boris Johnson’s cronies
Frances Ryan
July 2023
A seat in the House of Lords isn’t God-given. It’s time parliament ejected all the bishops
Sandi Toksvig
Scrapping automatic places for a minority religion is as good a place as any to start with reform of the upper house, says humanist Sandi Toksvig
March 2023
Next steps to create an anti-Tory alliance: Scotland and the Lords
Letters: Paul Clarke on how the Liberal Democrats could detoxify their brand through increasing collaboration with other parties
December 2022
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'Who's got supremacy?': Commons speaker criticises Labour plan for an elected upper house – video
Evgeny Lebedev’s 1% attendance makes him among least active in House of Lords
Abolition of the Lords, that house of cronies, toadies and donors, can’t come too soon
Andrew Rawnsley
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'New, smaller, democratically elected': Starmer shares plan to replace House of Lords – video
August 2022
Crony peerages are proof that Lords reform is urgent
Letters: The second chamber is itself crying out for change, but the government is resisting, writes Angela Smith, the Labour party leader in the House of Lords. Plus letters from Christopher Tanner and Yvonne Williams
March 2022
String of Lords defeats reflects concerns over PM and legislation
Analysis: Peers have inflicted greatest number of defeats on government in single parliamentary session since 1975-76
February 2021
Virtual Lords could be here to stay after Covid – but will MPs follow?
House of Lords has embraced Covid-safe representation more than Commons, but many MPs support change
December 2020
The Guardian view on crony peerages: a deeply rotten tradition
One day the tie between party donations and seats in the Lords will be broken, but not under this government
August 2020
Boris Johnson 'still committed to Lords reduction' despite 36 peerages
PM has added second-highest number of new peers to upper house in more than 20 years
January 2020
Clive Lewis: to beat Tories, Labour has to work with other progressives
Lords reform and PR must be part of radical political reform, says leadership contender
December 2019
If Dominic Cummings really wants to reform the Lords, here’s how to do it
Billy Bragg
The Tories’ attempts to subvert the constitution present Labour with an opportunity to reinvigorate our democracy, says activist Billy Bragg
July 2019
House of Lords staff too scared to complain about harassment
One in five upper house staff members have experienced bullying or harassment, report says
