FILE-King Charles III reads the King's Speech, as Queen Camilla sits beside him during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty ...

MPs have voted to introduce assisted dying, almost seven months after this bill was first debated in the House of Commons. The proposal – a backbench private member’s bill promoted by Labour MP Kim ...

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 ...

The government’s contentious Rwanda policy, which has been championed by the prime minister, has prompted a rebellion in Britain’s unelected second chamber. By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle ...

Appointment by the outgoing prime minister potentially opens door for London mayor to join Burnham cabinet ...

Sadiq Khan and 25 others will now be able to sit in the House of Lords, where they can scrutinise, revise and vote on United Kingdom legislation as life peers. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ...

They knew they must fall. But they stood anyway. If there is one thing at which the English aristocracy excels it is the brave stand in the face of overwhelming odds. They charged in the Light Brigade ...

Tremors From the Epstein Files Rattle the Age-Old Foundations of Britain's House of Lords LONDON (AP) — Fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files has landed on the gilded wood and plush red benches of ...

IT IS THE peculiar fate of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to be rarely in the headlines except when there are calls for its reform or abolition. Now is ...

Members of the House of Lords are being targeted by criminals and foreign intelligence operatives who pretend to be foreign ...

LONDON — 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 upper ...