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 ...