Senior West Midlands politician Betty Boothroyd has condemned “destructive” Government plans to scrap the House of Lords and introduce elected regional senators instead.Read
A survey found that 80 per cent of peers oppose introducing a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber, even though the policy was in the manifestos of all three major parties.Read
Veteran Midland peers fighting against Government plans to redraw the political map of Britain have been condemned as “outrageous” by increasingly angry Tories.Read
A leading Midland businessman is to join the House of Lords - five years after he was barred from receiving a peerage in the “cash for honours” row.Read
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