Lords debate tax credits: showdown, climbdown or just a distraction?
“People are just frightened,” one Tory MP said. He likened the atmosphere of fear to Gordon Brown’s domination of Labour MPs ahead of his succession to the party leadership.
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For the 92 hereditary peers in the House of Lords, their time in Parliament is set to come to an end. The Labour government promised in its manifesto to finish what it started in 1999: abolishing the hereditaries.
The government’s Renters Reform Bill has passed through the House of Commons and will now make its way to the House of Lords.
Around 1.6 million people in England are privately renting homes that pose an imminent risk to their health and safety. And when landlords fail to act, renters are advised to go to their local council for help. But data obtained from 252 councils in England by this programme reveals that almost 70 per cent of…
After years of promising to legislate to protect renters, the government has finally introduced a bill that will allow tenants to challenge poor landlords without losing their homes.
The government has introduced a new “Renters’ Reform” bill as part of what is set to be the biggest shakeup of renters’ rights in England since the 1980s. But what is the bill and what will it mean for renters? FactCheck takes a look.
We also put some of those points to Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray, and started by asking whether the voters he meets on the doorstep actually care about reforming the House of Lords.
With strikes, the economy, and migration the issues currently dominating political conversation, Labour today tried to throw another into the mix – unveiling a blueprint for constitutional reform which includes the abolition of the House of Lords and devolving more power from Westminster. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the plan, drawn up by former…
As the government prepares to redraw the laws on gambling for the first time in 16 years, families whose lives have been devastated by gambling addiction are fighting for much tougher regulation.
In a surprise move, the Chancellor tells MPs that his much-criticised plans to cut tax credits to working families are to be abandoned entirely.
Chancellor George Osborne says tax credit reforms will go ahead, despite the government’s dramatic defeat in the Lords on cuts for millions of low-income families.
“People are just frightened,” one Tory MP said. He likened the atmosphere of fear to Gordon Brown’s domination of Labour MPs ahead of his succession to the party leadership.
The NHS could save around £5bn a year by improving staff organisation and having a better approach to purchasing everyday medicines, a new report finds.
Ukip and the Greens were part of a cross-party delegation delivering a petition to Number 10 calling for electoral reform. Despite winning almost 4 million votes, Ukip have just one Westminster seat.
Constitutional reform proposals are flooding out of No. 10 (without much consultation it seems) in the wake of the Scottish referendum. So is now the time for much needed House of Lords reform?
If you are not on todays list of 22 new peers, you are not getting in – the House of Lords is an exclusive club. Based on those who did get in, here are a few tips that might help you jump the queue.