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MPs voted last year to end the criminalisation of women who terminate pregnancies outside the legal framework. It was hailed as the biggest step forward for…

A proposed law to restrict paedophiles’ parental rights in England and Wales is too weak because it does not protect children of theirs born after their…

The Conservative peer Peter Gummer has said he will leave the House of Lords after an investigation found he committed five breaches of standards over Covid…

Supporters of assisted dying are planning to use the Parliament Act to override the House of Lords if it continues to block the bill. But how…

The assisted dying bill is about to die, killed off by a small coterie of peers against the will of the House of Commons and voters…

MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because…

The House of Lords has voted decisively for a ban on social media for under-16s in a move that puts pressure on Keir Starmer to bring…

Dining in the House of Lords canteen just after Labour came to power, one Labour adviser found themselves sitting opposite two Tory peers.In particular, the pair…

Young people will suffer most from the government’s failure to take seriously the unsustainable pressure on public finances and living standards created by the UK’s ageing…

Senior opponents of assisted dying legislation have called on peers not to hold up the progress of the bill through parliament, warning there was a serious…