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    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Bank of England
      Lords report calls for reform of Bank of England after inflation failures

      Committee of peers says UK central bank’s culture, governance and appointments processes need overhaul

      Bank of England in London, England
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Sunak defeated in House of Lords over rules on river pollution

      Peers strike down attempt to end ‘nutrient neutrality’ regime as part of drive to boost homebuilding

      Home building site
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Hannah White
      House of Lords reform is an ermine-clad headache for Starmer

      The opposition’s problems with implementing its own commitments dwarf current Tory embarrassment over appointees

      Peers debating in the House of Lords
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Time is up for the House of Lords

      Careful reform is needed to end the practice of unelected legislators

      The House of Lords during the 2019 state opening of parliament
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Peter Hain
      The time for instituting a new global corruption court is now

      Kleptocrats who rob developing countries need to be held accountable

      A blue sign for the International Criminal Court sits in front of two modern cube buildings
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Inside PoliticsUK politics
      Frantic battle for selection among wannabe MPs ramps up

      Also in this newsletter, political talent-scouting ought not to be confined to the House of Lords

      Keir Starmer gestures towards the crowd during a celebration rally for newly elected Selby and Ainsty MP Keir Mather in July
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      UK politics
      UK government resists moves for tighter corporate transparency

      Letter to peer warns that ‘publishing all trust data could be problematic’

      The skyline of the The Canary Wharf business district in London
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      UK constitutional-electoral reform
      House of Lords speaker calls for better vetting of prospective peers

      John McFall tells the FT the second chamber needs reform but warns against ‘radical change’

      John McFall
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      UK immigration
      Braverman makes concessions on small boats bill

      Home Office proposes shorter detention time for unaccompanied children to speed passage of legislation

      Migrants in boat on Channel
    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      UK immigration
      Justin Welby leads UK faith leaders in criticism of immigration bill

      Archbishop of Canterbury urges Sunak to develop an asylum system based on ‘justice and compassion’

      Archbishop Justin Welby
    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      UK infrastructure
      Thames Water faces resistance in £1bn investor cash call, says Ofwat chief

      Utility struggling to raise sum and would need even more beyond that, regulator tells Lords committee

      David Black, chief executive of Ofwat
    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Boris Johnson
      Boris Johnson faces ‘damning’ report by MPs into his conduct

      Former PM urges committee to issue findings and ‘let the world judge their nonsense’ on partygate scandal

      Boris Johnson leaves his Oxfordshire home on Tuesday
    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      UK politics
      Johnson’s peerage list reignites calls for House of Lords reform

      Prime ministerial patronage undermines Britain’s bloated upper house, say critics

      A montage of a photo of Boris Johnson and the House of Lords emblem in the background
    • Monday, 24 April, 2023
      UK employment
      Tougher UK legislation on workplace sexual harassment set to be shelved

      More than 40 amendments by Tory backbench peers likely to ‘time out’ private members’ bill

      The Houses of Parliament
    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      TikTok Inc
      UK parliament bans TikTok from official devices

      Concerns mount about security implications of using Chinese-owned social media

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Pollution
      UK water industry needs tougher policing, says Lords report

      Lax oversight allows focus on financial returns at expense of environment and operational performance

      Sewage fungus growing as a result of untreated sewage being discharged from a treatment works
    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Brexit
      Labour seeks to give UK parliament final say on repeal of EU laws

      Rishi Sunak could face defeat on his flagship legislation in the House of Lords

      European Union and British Union flags
    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Pensions industry
      UK regulators failed to spot threat from pension scheme borrowing, says Lords report

      Calls for greater oversight of LDI strategies after last year’s turmoil in gilt markets

      Liz Truss, right, and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in October last year
    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      UK politics
      Peers seek public-interest clause for UK spy bill

      Amendment that aims to protect press freedom is attracting cross-party support

      House of Lords chamber is session
    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      UK employment
      UK labour shortages are ‘shape of things to come’, lords warn

      Post-pandemic rise in economic inactivity due to early retirement is unique to Britain but likely to persist, committee concludes

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Michelle Mone
      Michelle Mone steps back from Lords after PPE contract claims

      Tory peer takes leave of absence ‘to clear her name’ after allegations she benefited from Covid VIP procurement lanes

      Baroness Michelle Mone
    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      UK politics
      Labour moots ‘biggest’ transfer of power from Westminster

      Proposals by former PM Gordon Brown include scrapping Lords and moving 50,000 civil servants out of London

      Former prime minister Gordon Brown, left, greets Labour leader Keir Starmer
    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      Labour Party UK
      Labour to set out plans for devolving UK economic powers

      Starmer outlines proposals for local growth ‘clusters’ but makes no commitment on Lords overhaul in a first term

      Sir Keir Starmer
    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Legal & General Group PLC
      L&G defends risk management and blames mini-Budget for LDI crisis

      Insurer’s chair and chief executive tell House of Lords bond sell-off ‘caught us all by surprise’

      L&G umbrella open in a rainy street
    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      UK politics
      Labour explores replacing House of Lords with elected chamber

      Reform proposals will be set out in 2024 election manifesto

      Prince Charles, Prince of Wales reads the Queens Speech as Prince William and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall sit next to him during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster on May 10, 2022
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