House of Lords reform Articles

Reform of the House of Lords is certain to be an early item in Ed Miliband's intray as the task once again falls to Labour to sort out Britain's constitutional settlement. Unless action is taken to reform the House of Lords the chamber looks like more than doubling in...

The House of Lords 1911-2011, A Century of Non-Reform, Chris Ballinger For those who define and equate reform with an elected House of Lords, so that this is their holy grail, this book will make grim reading.  Well researched, it is no dry academic treatise, but...

Despite events in parliament this year, reform of the House of Lords must not fall off the political agenda. Reform is still required but we need to carefully rethink how it proceeds and what form it takes. We should not assume that the only option is a quick fix of...

So here we go again, no sooner has the coalition government abandoned its ill thought out proposals for an elected House of Lords, than the ‘something must be done syndrome’ kicks in. The familiar refrains get new airings, ‘the House of Lords is too big’, ‘the House...