JK Rowling has revealed that she turned down two offers of a peerage following Kemi Badenoch publicly saying she would ...

According to The Times, forcing parties to make a citation about each nominees is a bid to make it harder for peerages to be ...

The Government announces plans to introduce women peerages in the House of Lords on 30 October 1957. The scheme involves the creation of male and female life peerages, allowing distinguished and ...

The Harry Potter author said in a post on X that she had been offered peerages "once under Labour and once under the Tories", ...

The Sunday Times reports Diane Abbott and other Labour figures have been offered peerages to "make way" for allies of Sir Keir Starmer. The paper says since the election announcement a number of ...

New peerages will have a justification published alongside each appointment under plans being considered by Labour after a string of recent controversies. The Telegraph understands one idea being ...

According to The Times, forcing parties to make a citation about each nominee is a bid to make it harder for 'crony' peerages to be used to reward donors or favoured officials. But campaigners ...

These were essentially academic peerages, entitling the recipient to full privileges in the university, privileges that were much more extensive than now. At the same time universities conferred ...

Britain's shortest-serving prime minister Liz Truss has unveiled her resignation honours list, sparking an angry backlash from some critics. Ms Truss, who spent 49 days in office, nominated ...

The Scottish Greens are pushing for members of the House of Lords to be banned from serving as MSPs. Ross Greer is tabling a ...

John William Frederic Nott, known for being a sharp-tongued Conservative politician, passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Born on February 1, 1932, Mr Nott would go on to serve in Margaret Thatcher ...