House of Lords

Baroness Michelle Mone and Douglas Barrowman attend a reception and dinner for supporters of The British Asian Trust on February 2, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Michelle Mone: manufacturing tycoon Baroness hits back at PPE criminal allegatio...

Teesside Wind Farm near the mouth of the River Tees off the North Yorkshire coast. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Renewable energy gains highlight net zero opportunities - YP Letters

The end of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Why Labour is wrong to shy away from social care reform - Yorkshire Post Letters

Baroness Ros Altmann is a British life peer and former pensions minister. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Extension of auto-enrolment a step in the right direction - Ros Altmann

Liz Truss arriving at Downing Street, when she was Prime Minister last year. PIC: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Liz Truss’ House of Lords nominations should be blocked - Yorkshire Post Letters

Sarah Hewitt shares her expert insight. Picture: McAuley Studios Ltd

Why farming families will watch divorce law reform closely: Sarah Hewitt

MHA chief executive Lee Bloomfield (centre) gives evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Older People inquiry in the House of Lords.

Manningham Housing Association CEO calls for more support for BAME communities

Comedian Paul Foot. Photo: Jonathan Birch

Comedian Paul Foot on potato lorry trauma and latest show touring to Yorkshire

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

Drax power station near Selby, North Yorkshire. Picture: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

Biomass sector set for sustainability regulation and carbon capture funding

A view of Scarborough's South Bay with people enjoying the sunshine on the seafront. PIC: Richard Ponter

Levelling Up needs to do more for coastal communities - The YP says

Lord Kirkham was granted Freedom of the City of Doncaster

DFS founder Lord Kirkham granted freedom of the city of Doncaster

The Union flag at the Houses of Parliament. PIC: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Closing the Westminster bars could help achieve better output - YP Letters

Former prime minister Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson resignation honours: Ben Houchen and Priti Patel receive gongs

WhatsApp could disappear off UK phones if the company do not comply with the Online Safety Bill

WhatsApp could disappear from UK phones over privacy concerns

A voter placing a ballot paper in a ballot box

Young being deliberately cut out of local elections: Yorkshire Post Letters

'Today’s debate comes a little more than a year since the plan to convert the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse, near York, into a centre for 1,200 migrants was announced'. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Government trying to dump asylum seeker centres on communities - Andrew Vine

A general view of Yorkshire County Cricket Club's Headingley Stadium in Leeds. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

How an asset lock could be an appealing option for Yorkshire CCC - John Mann

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 letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) to the information commissioner argues TikTok could be in breach of UK law. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

MPs believe TikTok breaches UK law - could be banned

Lady Masham was a near life-long campaigner for disabled rights (Photo: UK Parliament)

Tributes to former paralympian Baroness Masham who has died aged 87
Baroness Masham was a paralympian and was a peer in the Lords for over 50 years

A view towards rural Dales village of Linton in Craven with a population of around 176. A debate has been held in the House of Lords about disparities in healthcare between rural and urban areas.

Government blind to challenges of delivering healthcare in rural warns Baroness

The Government’s Retained EU Law Bill is now in the House of Lords. PIC: NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images

The Retained EU Law Bill is not ‘taking back control’ - Lord Kirkhope

XR protesters ‘forcibly removed’ from House of Lords as Government suffers defeat over Public Order Bill

XR protesters ‘forcibly removed’ from House of Lords

The mortgage landscape is shifting in favour of buyers. PIC: PA

How the mortgage landscape is shifting in favour of buyers - Jamie Megson

The State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London on May 10, 2022. PIC: Hannah McKay/PA Wire

Numbers in the House of Lords need to be reduced - Yorkshire Post Letters

'The home ownership rate in the UK has declined from 73.3 per cent in 2008 to 65.2 per cent in 2019.'

Stronger action needed on land banking - Bartek Staniszewski

Labour wants to replace the existing House of Lords with an elected assembly representative of the communities and nations of the UK. PIC: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Why Labour's plans for further devolution are flawed - Bernard Ingham

David Blunkett has spoken about Labour's political reform plans (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

David Blunkett 'concerned' over Labour plans to abolish House of Lords

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (right), former Prime Minister Gordon Brown (left) and Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, at Nexus, University of Leeds, in Yorkshire, to launch a report on constitutional change and political reform that would spread power, wealth and opportunity across the UK. Picture date: Monday December 5, 2022.

My concerns on how Labour's political reform plan will be viewed: David Blunkett

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (right), former Prime Minister Gordon Brown (left) and Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, at Nexus, University of Leeds, in Yorkshire, to launch a report on constitutional change and political reform.

Gordon Brown's devolution plans would turn UK into mini-EU: Bill Carmichael

File photo dated 21/06/17 of Baroness Michelle Mone ahead of the State Opening of Parliament by Queen Elizabeth II, in the House of Lords. 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. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS PPE. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Labour forces Government to reveal PPE contracts
The Government is set to release PPE contract documents after Labour forced a vote in the House of Commons last night.

File photo dated 27/11/19 of school children during class at a primary school, as preventative antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A infections, the schools minister has confirmed.

Preventative antibiotics for Strep A could be given in schools

Keir Starmer will set out Labour's new vision for the constitutional future of the UK today.

Keir Starmer looks to abolish House of Lords in ‘transfer of power’

There is no excuse for pumping sewage into the sea during dry spells, an MP has said

'No excuse’ for sewage discharge into waterways in dry weather says Yorkshire MP

Sir Keir Starmer says he wanted to strip politicians of the power to appoint people to the chamber.

Labour can’t be trusted on House of Lords reform - Yorkshire Post Letters

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

Yeomen of the Guard, wearing traditional uniform, walk through the Royal Gallery before the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords. PIC: Hannah McKay/PA Wire

The structure of the House of Lords needs reform - Yorkshire Post Letters

The spending cuts should start in the House of Lords. PIC: Hannah McKay/PA Wire

Spending cuts should start with the House of Lords - Yorkshire Post Letters

Bonfire Night at Roundhay Park, Leeds. (Pic credit: Simon Hulme)

Bonfire Night 2022: When is Bonfire Night and what is the story behind it?

Menopause has contributed to many women reducing their working hours or giving up jobs.

Menopause premium 'leaving women with £126,000 retirement shortfall'

The suggestion was made in a draft of a constitutional review led by former prime minister Gordon Brown

The Labour Party told to scrap the House of Lords in leaked policy review

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The history of the Richard II Duke of York

Melvyn Bragg taken by Liam Nolan.

Melvyn Bragg talks about his childhood in new memoir

John Sentamu

Food hunger crisis is real and world must heed Marcus Rashford – John Sentamu

Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of the Chamber during the International Women's Day debate in the House of Commons, London. Photo: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor

Politicians back keeping some virtual meetings after Covid lockdown is lifted

Baroness Wilcox of Newport. Photo: UK Parliament

Funds only act to 'level up Conservative Party's electoral prospects', says peer

Baroness Judith Blake will step down as leader of Leeds City Council on February 24

Judith Blake confirms date she will hand over Leeds Council leadership

Lord Bridges of Headley, Chair of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee, said he was also concerned about reports that workers who had returned to the NHS to help fight COVID were being targeted bypromoters of tax avoidance schemes.

'Strategic approach is needed to thwart promoters behind loan schemes'

The Loan Charge APPG said it was aware of seven people who had died by suicide while facing the loan charge.

Why the Treasury Select Committee must cast a critical eye over the loan charge

The House of Lords' sub-committee found that HMRC had made progress in improving the way it manages the loan charge, but there were far too many shortcomings in the way its response to the Morse review is being implemented.

HMRC has not made enough progress over loan charge, says Lords' committee

The report compiled by a House of Lords' committee says: "We question whether HMRC has struck the right balance between focusing on individuals who used these schemes and the promoters of such schemes."

'How is this justice?' Iraq war veteran is latest victim of loan charge scandal

The Lords’ economics affairs committee said it was “troubled” that people on lower incomes are becoming caught up in loan schemes,

HMRC must act against loan scheme promoters, says House of Lords committee

How well will you do in our Quiz of the Year?

The Yorkshire Quiz of the Year: 125 questions to see how well you remember 2020

Leeds city council leader Judith Blake

Leeds council leader and ex-Archbishop of York to enter House of Lords

David Blunkett graduated as a mature student from the Polytechnic of Huddersfield, now the university, in 1973 with a certificate in eduction. Photo: Supplied

David Blunkett: 'If you're not learning something new, then not really living.'

Baroness Dido Harding, Executive Chair of NHS Test and Trace, in Westminster, London. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Dido Harding’s eight-month silence in the House of Lords must end: Tom Richmond

Baroness Harris of Richmond said: "There are far too few women in the Houses of Parliament. There are even fewer members – of either sex – of colour or sexual orientation in either chamber." Photo credit: UK Parliament

Time to reform House of Lords and make it more inclusive, says Baroness Harris

Lord Nazir Ahmed. Photo: Getty/Christopher Furlong

Rotherham peer resigned from House of Lords ahead of report into his conduct

Lord Greaves.

Bradford-born peer calls for 'huge transfer of resources and power to the North'