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‘Did you catch yesterday’s debate on grouse numbers? Marvellous. Imagine how boring this place...

tax credits vote: nuclear option was never going...

Rejecting the Tory proposals outright was not decorum – especially as it was a Lib Dem belief –...

the guardian view on david cameron and the house...

Britain’s parliament is too enormous. But the retort is not to chop the number of MPs as David...

the poles made a point, but who else would we...

In proving their value to Britain,Polish people showed whose absence we wouldn’t mourn. The Lords...

this ludicrous election to replace lord avebury...

The campaigner wanted House of Lords reform so a fitting tribute would be for the Lib Dems to refuse...

the guardian view on the tax credits defeat: good...

The House of Lords was within its rights to block George Osborne’s plans this week,but in the end...

from the observer archive: this week in 1947

Reforming the House of LordsThe controversy raised by the Government’s amble to curtail the powers...

secrets of the house of lords dining room: it s...

Retired peers will now be allowed the privilege of returning to parliament to eat in the Lords’...

the tories are unstitching the tapestry of our...

There is a trend of moves set to advantage the government at the expense of accountability and...

the tax credits defeat and a chance to reimagine...

Lady Smith’s comment (Osborne ready to change tack on tax credits,28 October) that David...

lord sewel timeline of events following sun on...

Key events following publication of video apparently showing peer taking cocaine with sex workers...

compassionate, wise, orderly - if only the lords...

Of course peers suffer from a democratic deficit. But it’s great listening to people who actually...

who needs the house of lords? meet the peers...

It’s the second largest legislature in the world,after the National People’s Congress in China....

the lords stance on tax credits is indispensable,...

Most MPs understand how vital our work on scrutinising legislation is – and where our remit lies....

tax credits: pay up, george, you know youre...

It’s not just the Lords who are uneasy about the cuts,some Tory MPs and even ministers are too, so...

the guardian view on the tax credits disaster: a...

Pause,bring in a taper, spare current claimants. advance on, or Mr Osborne,you know it makes...

the lords is a ludicrous affront to democracy and...

Democracies hold upper houses. But Britain’s upper house gives Andrew Lloyd Webber a say in how...

grayling fools no one with homeopathic approach to...

Leader of the house claims map to dilute powers of the House of Lords actually makes it stronger....

a guardian nirvana - shake, rattle and grohl |...

timely reminders and notes on a scandal letters

I have no time for Lord Sewel whatsoever,but I would like to point out that George Osborne included...

cameron refuses to let sleeping lords lie

While PM is in Brussels sipping Belgian coffee,underling Chris Grayling formally unveils revenge...

tories should respect the house of lords for their...

The Conservative party must not use the defeat of their trade union bill as an excuse to weaken the...

why are politicians getting away with bike lane...

Peers employ evidence-free anecdotes and cabbie rumour to claim cycle lanes cause congestion –...

in the tax credits debacle, the government dug...

The gigantic gap in which George Osborne and David Cameron now find themselves after the Lords voted...

remove house of lords veto power over some...

Review commissioned by David Cameron says Commons should enjoy final say over secondary...

david cameron is half right about reforming the...

The Lords should represent the voters wishes – but Cameron’s preposterous prescription...

chris bryant: government has fashioned a pretend...

Shadow Commons leader says government intends to give Lords ‘a kicking’ after ministers launch...

lord butler: peers have no place in attempting to...

Labour or Lib Dem plans to vote down financial proposals would exhibit House of Lords ‘too tall...

the real lord sewel scandal is financial not...

Forget the salmon-coloured bra – what really shocks is the extent to which the peer’s ‘private...

lord sewel and the consequences of tabloid exposes

The Sun on Sunday has done us all a favour with its revelations approximately the peer but there is...

house of lords just a dumping ground for party...

Retiring or former MPs and MEPs form bulk of current peers created after May general electionNearly...

lord sewel resigns over video of him 039taking...

Peer quits as deputy speaker and faces police investigation after Sunday newspaper publishes footage...

tories poised to announce plans to curtail powers...

Labour likely to present plan as portion of wider attempt by government to weaken political...

ninth duke of wellington elected to house of lords

Hereditary peer Charles Wellesley,whose father lost his seat in the 1999 parliamentary reforms, wins...

lords reject attempt to lower eu referendum voting...

Labour peers with the backing of Lib Dems tried to reinstate proposal in upper house after repeated...

sewel labelled 039bad apple039 as pressure mounts...

Peer faces investigation over video allegedly showing him taking cocaine with sex workers and has...

lord bates makes dramatic resignation in house of...

Minister shocks peers by walking out of chamber after being late but No 10 refuses resignationA...

my peerage gave me the golden opportunity to be...

One of the problems of retiring is what to achieve with one’s time; this job gets me out of the...

lord speakers expenses reveal £230 bill for...

Fresh details emerge of taxpayer-funded travel expenses claimed by Lady D’Souza,including nearly...

senior tory peers propose actions to curb lords...

Michael Howard and William Hague float options to assert primacy of House of Commons following...

silent peers claim almost £1.3m despite not...

Electoral Reform Society says its findings are a ‘national scandal’ and urges David Cameron to...

david cameron to appoint more tory peers to the...

PM rejects calls to reform unelected chamber in the wake of Sewel scandal,urgent ahead with plans to...

lord sewel quits house of lords over sex and drugs...

Peer,caught on video allegedly taking cocaine with sex workers, steps down and apologises for...

scotland yard investigates allegations of drug use...

Peer applies for leave of absence from House of Lords amid intense pressure to quit over video...

lord sewel faces police investigation after...

Peer also faces calls to quit parliament altogether after he was forced to stand down as deputy...

lord sewel drug investigation dropped by met...

Scotland Yard says inquiry following Sun on Sunday exposé has been closed due to insufficient...

democratic failure | letters

The election by hereditary peers of the ninth Duke of Wellington (Report,16 September) to the House...

peers could block police powers to access internet...

House of Lords emboldened by tax credits vote and sets sights on government’s draft investigatory...

angelina jolie pitt did not leave us starstruck

Your correspondent John Crace accuses me of speaking “haltingly” when I introduced the actress...

lord sewel a bad apple say fellow peers video

Members of the House of Lords say they are relieved at the resignation of Lord Sewel following the...

government sets up constitutional review after...

Lord Strathclyde will chair ‘rapid review’ of relationship between two houses of parliament...

tory peer cecil parkinson retires from house of...

Thatcher-era former cabinet minister who resigned after secretary became pregnant takes advantage of...

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