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Looming Renters’ Rights Bill demands that accommodation providers get ready

Rishi Sunak has issued his resignation honours.

Rishi Sunak's resignation honours - full list

Left to right: Professor Aoife Foley, Dr Christopher Jones, Professor Kevin Taylor, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Dr Amanda Lea-Langton, Dr Will Bodel

New publication addressing the UK’s hydrogen economy challenge launched in Parli...

Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, the former leader of Plaid Cymru and a prominent Welsh politician, has died at the age of 78.

Prominent Welsh politician dies after 'short illness'

Karren Brady made a name for herself as the first woman to run a men's Premier League football club.

Karren Brady's career explained - including her time at West Ham

John Rees, PSHE Solutions, and Paul Wright, Children's Alliance.

Campaign for increased personal development funding and support for schools is h...

Marrying your first cousin is legal in UK but could be set to change

Marrying your first cousin is legal in UK but could be set to change

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has announced he will resign after facing mounting pressure to quit over his handling of the John Smyth abuse case.

Full list of who could be next Archbishop of Canterbury after scandal

'I'm an expert and these are my tips on career defining decisions'

Waheed Alli is perhaps best known for being one of the creators of hit reality TV show survivor (File photo)

The House of Lords peer and TV tycoon at the heart of Labour donor row

Dame Esther Rantzen is campaigning for assisted dying

Terminally ill Esther Rantzen says she sees 'glimpse of hope'

King Charles reads the King's Speech in the House of Lords during the State opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London.

House of Lords shake-up branded 'political vandalism' by critics

King Charles reads the King's Speech in the House of Lords during the State opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London.

Does pomp and ceremony of King's Speech still represent our country? Nancy Fielder

King Charles III delivers a speech beside Queen Camilla during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords. Credit: Getty

Exclusive Labour will ‘fundamentally reform’ the unelected House of Lords

The RSPCA says many animals suffer on these long journeys (Photo: Andrew Forsyth/RSPCA)

Explainer Live export ban passes - here's what it means for animals

Frank Field, the former Labour MP and crossbench peer, has died at the age of 81. (Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Ex-MP dies aged 81

Lights go out in the House of Lords.

Watch: House of Lords lights go out during minister’s speech
The justice minister can be seen using the light of a small lamp to continue his speech after the main lights went out in the Lords chamber - watch below.
Jessica Martin

Rishi Sunak is celebrating a political win after his controversial Rwanda policy passed through the House of Lords and is set to become a law. (Picture: Adrian Dennis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Controversial Rwanda bill to become law

Rishi Sunak will be hoping MPs reject amendments by the House of Lords. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Explainer Sunak hoping to overcome House of Lords and pass Rwanda Bill

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Image: James Manning/Press Association.

Explainer House of Lords delays Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill again

Young peers: Carmen Smith, 27, and Charlotte Owen, 30. Credit: Parliament/Adobe/LinkedIn

A 27-year-old peer is good for the pale, male and stale House of Lords Ralph Blackburn

Carmen Smith is to become a Lord for Plaid Cymru. Credit: LinkedIn/Adobe/Getty/Mark Hall

Explainer Carmen Smith, 27, will become youngest peer in House of Lords

Rishi Sunak at his press conference. Credit: PA

Rishi Sunak’s immigration obsession plays into the hands of Reform Ralph Blackburn

Rishi Sunak has urged the House of Lords to back his controversial Rwanda bill after it survived despite opposition from Tory rebels. (Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

PM urges House of Lords to back Rwanda bill

Liz Truss has given a peerage to Jon Moynihan, who donated £53,000 to her leadership campaign to become prime minister

Analysis £53,000 - seat in the House of Lords or a caravan in Cumbria?

Michelle Mone during her interview on BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture: BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Michelle Mone and Gove under fire as PPE deal controversy unfolds

Black Rod arrives at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023, ahead of the coronations of Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer King’s Speech 2023 | What is the Black Rod

UK ‘won’t meet EV battery recycling targets unless more facilities open’, says Veolia boss

UK doesn’t have ‘enough capacity’ to meet EV waste management target
Electric vehicle (EV) recycling targets ‘won’t be met unless more facilities open’, says Veolia’s Cory Reynolds
Will Millar

Baroness Helen Newlove will take up the role of Victims' Commissioner for the second time after Dame Vera Baird resigned in 2022. Credit: Getty Images

Peer whose husband was murdered re-appointed as Victims' Commissioner

Online Safety Bill is set to become law as the government clamps down on harmful social media content.

Online Safety Bill set to become law after years of delay

The Labour Party has confirmed that Alan Haworth died on holiday in Iceland on Monday morning - Credit: Gov/Wiki

Labour politician Lord Alan Haworth dead at 75

Nicola Sturgeon, David Davis, Nadine Dorries, and Angela Rayner have all had their expenses questioned in the past

Most outrageous politician expenses after Nicola Sturgeon's £14m bill

Boris Johnson nominated Charlotte Owen to the House of Lords, a 30-year-old former special adviser. Credit: Getty

Explainer Charlotte Owen: who is Boris Johnson's 30-year-old peer in Lords?

Alderley Edge

Where is Alderley Edge as Charlotte Owen becomes Baroness of the area?

Migrants packed tightly onto a small inflatable boat attempt to cross the English Channel near the Dover Strait, the world’s busiest shipping lane, on September 07, 2020 off the coast of Dover, England. Credit: Luke Dray/Getty Images

Explainer Illegal Migration Bill: MPs reject House of Lords amendments

Rishi Sunak has pledged to 'stop the boats' as part of his government promises - the Illegal Migration Bill has now passed through the upper house, with the controversial bill now set to become law. (Credit: Getty Images)

Illegal Migration Bill to become law after challenges crushed

Former prime minister Theresa May speaking in the House of Commons, London, during the consideration of the Lords amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill. Picture date: Tuesday July 11, 2023. Credit: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Theresa May warns Illegal Migration Bill ‘undoes’ modern slavery laws

Peers have demanded changes be made to social media algorithms so that “harmful” content such as “Andrew Tate videos” cannot be promoted via the mechanism. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Social media algorithms should not promote harmful content, peers say

Former Tory ministers have less than 10% attendance in House of Lords

Nadine Dorries. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Nadine Dorries delays resignation as MP as honours row continues

Tory peer Lord Ranger ordered to apologise for bullying journalist

Boris Johnson to elevate political allies to the House of Lords

Nadine Dorries quits as Tory MP as Boris Johnson’s honours revealed

Archbishop Justin Welby has said that Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s plans to ‘stop the boats’ has “too many problems for one speech.” Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Archbishop of Canterbury tears into Illegal Migration Bill

Former Love Island star and Refuge ambassador Sharon Gaffka

Love Island star says she is sent violent sex threats online every day

Lord Lawson was also a journalist and the father of celebrity cook, Nigella Lawson (Picture: B Barrett/Express/Getty Images)

Former Conservative party politician Nigel Lawson dies aged 91

A new plan which would make harassing someone on the basis of their sex a specific criminal offence is now one step closer to becoming law (Photos: Adobe Stock)

Plan to make sex-based harassment a specific offence clears Commons

Karren Brady is a judge on hit BBC TV series The Apprentice (image: PA)

Karren Brady’s career explained - how The Apprentice judge got rich

Water bills will increase to put an end to sewage spills, report warns

In 2019, Meta, Twitter, and Google each committed to uphold the Christchurch Call. But the Center for Countering Digital Hate says this was an empty promise (Photos: Getty & Adobe Stock)

Analysis Has the Christchurch Call put a stop to violent extremism online?

Gary Lineker will return to Match Of The Day this weekend (Photo: PA)

Ex-BBC governor says sack Gary Lineker and replace him with woman

XR protesters storm House of Lords over new protest laws

The legislation is set to enforce “minimum service levels” across a range of sectors (Composite: Kim Mogg)

‘Anti-strikes’ law for ‘minimum safety levels’ clears the Commons

Michelle Mone has only spoken five times in the Lords since 2015

Founder of Ultimo lingerie Michelle Mone with her OBE medal, awarded by the Princess Royal at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, on November 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Who is Michelle Mone? Scottish businesswoman and House of Lords peer

Michelle Mone in 2012 (Photo: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Tory peer Michelle Mone ‘received £29m in profits’ from PPE firm

Tory peer Baroness Mone, who is at the centre of controversy over her alleged links to a firm awarded a PPE contract, will take a leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect, the PA news agency understands. Issue date: Tuesday December 6, 2022.

Michelle Mone to take ‘leave of absence’ Lords amid PPE Medpro scandal