House of Lords
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Tory MPs suggest Priti Patel changes law so Russia’s “enablers” in House of Lords can be stripped of their peerages
Questions continue to be raised over Johnson's role in pushing for a peerage for Evgeny Lebedev.
Was Partygate to blame for the scale of the Government’s Police Bill defeat in the Lords?
The scale of the Government's defeat in the Lords over amendments to the Police and Crime Bill is important.
We desperately need to replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber
'Replacement of the Lords with an elected second chamber is an essential step towards restoring democracy in this country'.
No10 refuses to deny Owen Paterson will be offered a peerage in future
Boris Johnson’s spokesman repeatedly refuses to deny on the record that the prime minister offered Owen Paterson a peerage yesterday, or plans to give him one in the future.
Why constitutional reforms ought to be the centrepiece of the next general election campaign
'There is no charter of people’s rights and parliament is weak and unable to hold government to account.'