Lords to take home more than £55,000 tax-free after pay rise
On average the House of Lords sits for 150 days a year, resulting in a take-home amount of £55,650, which they receive ...
Sue Gray breaks down in tears as she recalls her mum's suicide in maiden Lords speech - and she warns her ex-boss Keir Starmer to halt attacks on 'the blob'
In her maiden speech in the House of Lords, the now-titled Baroness Gray of Tottenham urged politicians to temper their ...
David Blunkett: the world has changed since Liz Truss’s mini budget, so what is Labour still so scared of?
Therefore, the chancellor imposes rules to avoid the financial markets hitting the UK in the way they did when former prime ...
Peers to get equivalent of £81,000 salary for just 150 days' work as tax-free allowance is hiked to £371 (and the House usually only sits for six hours)
The standard per diem for members of the House of Lords is due to rise from £361 to £371 next week, in line with the 2.8 per ...
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Letter: FCA has rolled over in face House of Lords criticism
The Financial Conduct Authority’s capitulation to pressure from the House of Lords and the financial services industry (“FCA drops plan to ‘name and shame’ more UK companies under investigation”, ...
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Sixth-formers take to House of Lords for fiery debate final
Pupils from Thomas Tallis School, in Kidbrooke Park Road, Kidbrooke, were narrowly pipped at the post in the last round of ...
Peter Rhodes on secrets, pot holes and a warning of slavery in Whitehall
By coincidence, news reports of English villages being overwhelmed by tourists appear in the same week as the Government ...
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The remarkable heritage of a leftie lord
MAT COWARD recalls the communist and pacifist aristocrat whose commitment made a difference in the Spanish civil war, the ...
Bid to reverse postponement of local elections defeated in the Lords
In a rare move, two so-called fatal motions were proposed by the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party in the upper chamber.
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Lords vote down calls to annul 'cancellation' of East Sussex council elections
The House of Lords has voted down calls to annul the ‘cancellation’ of this year’s county council elections in East Sussex.
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The economic consequences of Labour – the story so far
The end of this week, one in which we have had both the Chancellor‘s Spring Statement, and the second reading of the awful Employment Rights Bill in the Lords, offers a useful moment to take pause and ...