A former city mayor, whose previous job was abolished in a 2022 referendum, has taken his seat for life in the House of Lords. Marvin Rees was handed a life peerage by the Prime Minister and will now ...

Former mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees has taken his seat for life in the unelected House of Lords.

Lord Rees was elected mayor of Bristol in 2016 and held the post until May last year when it was abolished following a ...

Lord Jones said he wants to be a ‘voice for Wales’ and a proponent for devolution in Parliament’s upper chamber.

While he remains a supporter of former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown's recommendations for the Lords to be reformed into ...

It’s a well-known trick in politics: the best time to bury news is a Friday evening. If you want to give your pal a peerage, ...

Former Banbury MP Victoria Prentis is expected to be offered a peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list, according to reports. Conservative Ms Prentis, who was elected MP for Banbury in 2015 ...

Michael Gove has been offered a peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list. Gove stepped down as an MP before last year’s general election and became the editor of the Spectator ...

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Members are drawn from the peerage, made up of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal. The House of Lords has been the subject of controversy in recent years with many suggesting the house needs a reform.