The Independent
| 11 months ago
David Cameron and Nick Clegg were forced into a humiliating last-minute retreat last night to head off a defeat over plans for an elected House of Lords. The Prime Minister and his deputy blinked first in a stand-off with more than 100 rebel...
Guardian Unlimited
| 11 months ago
House of Lords climbdown means that the coalition will enter one of its most difficult phases as Tory MPs question Cameron's authority. Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Nick Clegg's hope of reforming the House of Lords , completing a journey begun a...
BBC
| 11 months ago
Conservative MP Conor Burns has resigned as a ministerial aide to Northern Ireland Secretary of State Owen Paterson. He stood down on Tuesday in protest at the government's plans to reform the House of Lords. The Belfast-born MP for Bournemouth West...
The Independent
| 11 months ago
News in pictures From the blogs Learning a new movement is something we are able to achieve quickly and most of us take for granted.... As the often theatrical spectacle of the Leveson hearings with its mix of posturing, jousting, inq... The family...