The House of Lords’ decision to drop a Bill aiming to end hereditary peer by-elections today has been condemned by the Electoral Reform Society, calling it...
A session in the house of lords this afternoon on the economics of UK energy policy saw the Chief Executive of RenewableUK, Hugh McNeal, giving evidence....
The 189 appointments to the House of Lords, as chosen by David Cameron, have already cost the taxpayer more than £13m since he became Prime Minister...
The Electoral Reform Society has expressed their disappointment at the appointment of 16 Peers courtesy of David Cameron’s resignation honours list, making the second chamber more expansive and...
The House of Lords forced a debate over the Government proposal to scrap the Zero Carbon Homes after it was removed without warning. However, according to...
The House of Lords have ousted a bill to scrap zero carbon homes. The national standard for new homes, Home Quality Mark, is pleased by the...
The Government’s Trade Union Bill has faced fierce criticism from unions and the Labour Party. Just last month the House of Lords defeated the government in...
The UK Government (the Government) has today announced that the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) will create a ‘special share’ in the company as part of...
The Electoral Reform Society has strongly welcomed a vote by Peers in the House of Lords this afternoon to set up a cross-party committee on party...
Ahead of a major Parliamentary showdown on the Trade Union Bill, the Electoral Reform Society has released new polling showing that 77% of the public believe...
The government has today published a review by Lord Strathclyde on secondary legislation and the relationship between the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The Prime...
This week the House of Lords triggered a Westminster spat by voting down the Government’s plans to reduce tax credits. On the Government side it was argued...
The Electoral Reform Society have calculated that plans to ‘stuff’ the House of Lords with 100 extra Conservative Peers if Lords today reject cuts to tax...
The House of Lords EU Committee on Energy and Environment has today launched a new inquiry into EU energy governance. Responsibility for energy policy is shared...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...