A newly sworn-in Labour peer has said he wants to see a "wider range of people" in the "really posh" House of Lords. Marvin Rees, who was mayor of Bristol from 2016 to 2024 when the role was abolished after a referendum,

But he said he felt Baroness Smith of Basildon, the Labour Lords leader, was “a brick wall” when it came to cross-party discussions. The simmering discontent from all sides of the House of Lords will likely erupt in just a few weeks when the ...

Keir Starmer, saddled with his less than solid record in support of Israel, may find the coming months something of a nightmare.

Labour Party supporters were shocked and angered at revelations in theGuardian of 6 February that bodies had been set up with the support of Labour Party organisations in the North of England to brag about the Labour government’s intensified deportations of migrants.

Labour gave the House of Lords watchdog less than two days to vet ... new minister for investment - and subsequently made a Labour Party peer a month later. The revelation, first reported by ...

A Labour source told The Times: 'We're perfectly accepting of defeats on policy. That is to be expected and part of the normal role of the House of Lords. 'But it would not be wise for those ...

Former mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees has taken his seat for life in the unelected House of Lords.

Some 92 hereditary peers’ seats will be abolished under legislation UK’s Labour government pledges to push through

Baroness Debbonaire will be continuing her work in the arts and culture sector as a member of the House of Lords, she has told Bristol24/7.