House of Lords

The SNP operates as a minority government so John Swinney needs the support of MSPs from another political party to get his spending plans through Holyrood (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: It's rich for Swinney to accuse others of 'playing politics'

King Charles III sits alongside Queen Camilla as he reads the King's Speech from the The Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords chamber during the State Opening of Parliament in July this year (Picture: Henry Nicholls/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Labour has no intention of abolishing House of Lords

NHS maintenance backlog costs have increased to £1.3bn. Picture: Jeff J MItchell

Readers Letters: NHS maintenance matters

Sue Gray, the civil servant who investigated Partygate and went on to become Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff, who has been made a life peer

Partygate investigator Sue Gray among 30 new Labour peers

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We want to invest in two Scottish drone bases. Here's why - Charles Tavner

The chamber of the House of Lords ahead of the King's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament.

SNP plea to force 'archaic' Lords to pay income tax on allowance

The House of Lords

'Embarrassment': Push to ban peers from the Scottish Parliament

Research Launch: Financial Inclusion across the Four Nations

New report raises the alarm on financial exclusion problems in Scotland

Grace Watson is a senior associate, Shoosmiths

Employers need to review their procedures on sexual harassment - Grace Watson

Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced £500 million of budget cuts (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letters: Scottish Government has no money... unless you're on staff

Readers' letters: Starmer will not deliver proper 'change' to the House of Lords

Reader says it's time to revive SNP legend Winnie Ewing's cry of 'Stop the World, Scotland wants to get on' (Picture: Terry Fincher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Make 4 July General Election Scotland's Independence Day

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack called for a new committee to review Scottish legislation

Alister Jack suggests new Lords 'grand committee' to review Scottish legislation

The fishermen's housing, in Dunbar, designed by Scottish architect Sir Basil Spence

Hay’s Way: The town home to one of Sir Basil Spence’s redeeming sites

Rishi Sunak is celebrating a political win after his controversial Rwanda policy passed through the House of Lords and is set to become a law. (Picture: Adrian Dennis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

SNP brands Rwanda bill 'tantamount to state-sponsored people trafficking'

Analysis Rwanda bill stalls as Rishi Sunak chooses party management over speed

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron during Question to the Foreign Secretary in the House of Lords, London.

Cameron: UK goverment could bring children injured in Gaza to UK for care

Scottish peer Ruth Davidson on the campaign trail in Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Davidson says 'dogs in the street that know' Rwanda flights not going to happen

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks at the passport control unit next to Border Force officer Samira Bazzar at Gatwick Airport. Picture: Carlos Jasso - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Sunak urges House of Lords to 'do the right thing' ahead of Rwanda showdown

Analysis Rishi Sunak insists Tory party 'completely united' after Rwanda vote

Press-friendly Michelle Mone is now a press-friendly example of Tory cronyism Laura Waddell

Resignation honours from former PMs is a discredited privilege which must end Euan McColm

Figures released under Freedom of Information showed that, over the course of the year, 1,589 bottles were purchased, at a total cost of £88,987.90 (Photo by LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Champagne sales in House of Lords reach highest level for five years

Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, were interviewed on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (Picture: BBC/Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg/PA Wire)

Michelle Mone: ‘Ministers knew about my links to PPE company’

UK's unelected Foreign Secretary shows why House of Lords must be abolished Willie Sullivan

Former prime minister David Cameron, who has been appointed foreign secretary.

How can David Cameron return as Foreign Secretary while not being an MP?

Sarah Munro, Legal Director and employment law specialist at Pinsent Masons

Legislation puts focus on sexual harassment in workplace - Sarah Munro

Lord Murray Elder was a childhood friend of Gordon Brown. Picture: Chris McAndrew/UK Parliament

Leading Labour figure Lord Elder dies after collapsing outside chamber

'Listening, campaigning, persuading' are Humza Yousaf's watchwords on winning Scottish Independence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: SNP leadership has done precious little meaningful listening

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Anas Sarwar says Labour figures had ‘scars’ from indyref and aftermath

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Anas Sarwar warns House of Lords must not be 'handbrake on Labour Government'

The Labour Party has confirmed that Alan Haworth died on holiday in Iceland on Monday morning - Credit: Gov/Wiki

Labour politician Lord Alan Haworth dead at 75

Josh Botfield, Associate, Pinsent Masons

Don’t bet on gambling firms exiting the football arena - Josh Botfield

It's increasingly clear that Starmer's Labour won't deliver real change Stewart McDonald

SNP MP Mhairi Black. Picture: House of Commons/UK Parliament

Mhairi Black reveals she has bomb proofing and panic alarms at her home

Exclusive Ian Murray: SNP 'misleading public' over Labour appointing new Lords response

Sir Keir Starmer is rumoured to want to appoint more peers to the House of Lords.

SNP claim Labour up to ‘old tricks’ after claims Starmer would create more Lords

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has had many confrontations with the Scottish Government.

Analysis: Why Alister Jack is scoring victories over the Scottish Government

Children in a small boat in the English Channel are rescued after their vessel's engine broke down (Picture: Sameer al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)

Far-right Tories are not telling the truth about asylum seekers – Talat Yaqoob

Wendy Chamberlain (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Fife MP’s Bill to give carers the right to unpaid leave set to become law

WhatsApp could disappear off UK phones if the company do not comply with the Online Safety Bill

WhatsApp could disappear from UK phones over privacy concerns

Scottish Conservative chair Craig Hoy

Scottish Conservative chair condemns Tory peer's attack on devolution
The chairman of the Scottish Conservatives has said he “fundamentally disagrees” with calls by Tory peer Lord Frost to “reverse” devolution, insisting the forme...

The House of Lords is the second biggest legislative chamber in the world after China’s National People’s Congress (Picture: Ben Stansall/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Johnson and Truss's honours lists fuelling public opposition to unelected peers

Rishi Sunak has ditched plans to ditch thousands of retained EU laws by the end of the year.

UK Government retreats from plan to ditch EU laws this year

Lord Lawson was also a journalist and the father of celebrity cook, Nigella Lawson (Picture: B Barrett/Express/Getty Images)

Former Conservative party politician Nigel Lawson dies aged 91

A letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) to the information commissioner argues TikTok could be in breach of UK law. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

MPs believe TikTok breaches UK law - could be banned

Lady Masham was a near life-long campaigner for disabled rights (Photo: UK Parliament)

Tributes to former paralympian Baroness Masham who has died aged 87

Boris Johnson is congratulated by his father Stanley Johnson after delivering a Conservative Party conference speech (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Arise Sir Daddy? Knighthood for Boris Johnson's father is a bit rich

XR protesters ‘forcibly removed’ from House of Lords as Government suffers defeat over Public Order Bill

XR protesters ‘forcibly removed’ from House of Lords

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (left) and Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, during a visit to the Stalks & Stem store, a small business in Shawlands, Glasgow. Picture date: Friday December 2, 2022.

Labour constitutional reforms receive majority backing

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, right, and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown greet each other during the launch of the latter's report on constitutional change (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

Brian Wilson: Best way to save Union is to vote for a better government

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves number 10 Downing Street ahead of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

PMQs: Sunak says he was left 'shocked' by Baroness Mone allegations

Michelle Mone: Who is Scottish Conservative Baroness Michelle Mone and what's her net worth?

Who is Baroness Michelle Mone and what's her net worth?

Tory peer Baroness Mone, who is at the centre of controversy over her alleged links to a firm awarded a PPE contract, will take a leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect, the PA news agency understands. Issue date: Tuesday December 6, 2022.

Baroness Mone to take a leave of absence from the House of Lords

The House of Lords should be replaced by a democratic alternative (Picture: Alastair Grant/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Abolishing the Lords would help boost support for the Union – Scotsman comment

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (right) and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown greet each other during a Labour Party press conference at Nexus, University of Leeds, in Yorkshire, to launch a report on constitutional change and political reform that would spread power, wealth and opportunity across the UK. Picture date: Monday December 5, 2022.

Gordon Brown: Support ‘swelling’ for Labour under Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

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SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries