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February 28, 2019

Gaps in equality legislation leave Parliament 'above the law' on sexual harassment

New research has revealed that MPs, Peers, volunteers and staff are unprotected if they are sexually harassed in Parliament. The report by the Fawcett Society and global law firm, Hogan Lovells, found glaring gaps in equality law covering these groups.
September 5, 2018

Report reveals cost of running Parliament

A new report calculates that the total cost of running Parliament in2017, scrutinising the whole of central and local government, was £551 million, the equivalent of a medium-sized government department.
May 23, 2018

MPs and Peers call for release of British citizen imprisoned in Florida

A cross-party group of more than one hundred MPs and Peers has filed a legal brief in support of Kris Maharaj, a British citizen who has spent more than thirty years in prison in Florida for two murders he did not commit, despite compelling evidence of his innocence.
February 16, 2018

Campaigners claim victory as PM reportedly drops plans for new peers

Campaigners have hailed a ‘victory for voters’, after the Prime Minister reportedly dropped plans to ‘stack’ the House of Lords with new peers.
February 15, 2018

Poll shows overwhelming opposition to new Lords appointments

Voters are overwhelmingly opposed to any new appointments to the House of Lords, according to new BMG Research polling.
February 14, 2018

Fawcett Society welcomes cross-party report on sexual harrassment at Westminter

Nearly one in five people working in Britain’s parliament were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behaviour in the past year, according to a new cross-party report commissioned after a series of sexual misconduct allegations at Westminster.
October 24, 2017

New Lords expenses scandal revealed

New analysis shows that Lords who did not speak, sit on committees, or submit written questions to government have claimed nearly half a million pounds in expenses and allowances in 2016/17.
September 22, 2017

£1.3m claimed by peers who never speak in the Lords

Peers who haven’t spoken in the Lords for an entire year have claimed nearly £1.3 million in expenses and allowances, research from the Electoral Reform Society has revealed.
January 28, 2014

Plea to Prime Minister on Syrian refugee resettlement

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, bishops, crossbenchers and peers from all parties want the UK to help resettle Syrian refugees.
November 4, 2013

Peers need to be urged to back a pause in the Lobbying Bill

Peers will discuss the UK government's controversial Lobbying Bill tomorrow (5 November 2013).