The Latest Breaking News from House of Lords

Proposals initially defeated by House of Lords are being resurrected in new Public Order Bill

Government to announce new offences to stop protesters from ‘locking on’ to infrastructure

The House of Lords is full of ‘unelected know-it-alls’, a young Chris Mason wrote

Many people across the UK will have their chance to vote in the imminent May elections. But only days before, new laws have been rushed through parliament, with amendments and approval (Royal Assent) occuring within the space of less than 24 hours. This means that in future, elections will be…

It was only in 1991 that the House of Lords ruled that marital rape was illegal. This was just one of the many facts I needed reminding of and found in barrister Harriet Johnson’s compelling and forensically written book Enough: the Violence Against Women and How to End It. I…

At almost the last minute before the parliamentary session ended, after months of pushback from the House of Lords and despite vehement protests from those supporting refugees and migrants, the UK government has succeed in introducing the Nationality and Borders Act.

The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill has become law after an extended period of back and forth between the House of Commons and House of Lords. From its conception, the bill has been extremely controversial, particularly because of the increased powers it hands to police to stop protests.

THE Conservative party have been accused of making an “authoritarian power grab” of the Electoral Commission, after the government passed a new…

Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme was set up three years ago to process official HR complaints