The tumbrils are rumbling though Old Palace Yard as the last of the hereditary peers are removed from the House of Lords and dispatched into the evening light, clutching their personal effects. So ...

LONDON (AP) — Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. On Tuesday night members of the ...

Even Labour peers are shuddering at the prospect. The vision of Sadiq Khan, Lord Khan of Tooting, perhaps, clad in ermine, a veritable tumble of crimson velvet, swearing allegiance to the sovereign, ...

When the House of Lords meets for the first time at the beginning of the next parliamentary session in May, it will be less independent than the House that Henry VIII faced in the 1520s. The arc of ...

Two peers are set to be suspended from the House of Lords for breaching rules on providing parliamentary services in return for "payment or reward". Former Army chief Lord Richard Dannatt and ...

The British constitution rarely changes in dramatic leaps. More often it shifts incrementally, one reform at a time, until ...

LONDON (AP) — Fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files has landed on the gilded wood and plush red benches of Britain’s House of Lords. Israeli soldier from Connecticut killed in Lebanon Today in ...

Labour’s attempt to take control of pension investments has been dealt a serious blow after being defeated in the House of Lords.

Pro-life advocates note strong resistance in the chamber, with former Prime Minister Theresa May joining dozens of peers warning of harm to society’s most vulnerable. Peers gather during debate on the ...