The Latest Breaking News from House of Lords

The Counsellors of State Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords just a day after the monarch made a formal request.

The monarch wrote to the House of Lords requesting the changes

Baroness Davidson, who stood down at the last Holyrood election to become a life peer, has only attended 34 days in 11 months

Australian-born businessman Sir Michael Hintze, 69, was appointed to the unelected upper house after being put forward by former PM Boris Johnson

Suggested changes include halving the number of peers and banning PMs who left in disgrace from making nominations

A new corporate criminal offence should be introduced to help incentivise all industries to play their part in combating scams, the committee said.

The House of Lords digital fraud committee has said telecoms giants must do more to prevent scam messages reaching victims and should combat the problem of spoof calls

Time for a quick quiz. What links Nadine Dorries, lockdown-rule-flouting London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and David Ross, a Tory donor embroiled in a scandal after funding a prime ministerial holiday to Mustique. If you answered, “They are all rumoured to appear on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list,” give yourself…

Steve Massey started a new job helping oversee nine care homes just days before the first lockdown.

John McFall, now Baron McFall of Alcluith, served as Dumbarton’s MP between 1987 and 2010, before moving into the House of Lords.

Matt Hancock, the MP for West Suffolk, has entered the I’m A Celebrity jungle, drawing mixed reactions from his fellow contestants.