The Latest Breaking News from the House of Lords

How has legislation backed by MPs failed to clear the House of Lords? And what will happen now?

Charlie Falconer criticises small number of peers blocking bill and says he is sure it will return in next session

Assembly members voted on Wednesday in favour of the bill, which will need royal assent before it becomes law

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean was wrongly said in some media reports to have passed information to the police ahead of Lord Peter Mandelson’s arrest.

The first documents on Lord Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to the US could be published as soon as next week

Should legislation pass House of Lords, the matter will require another vote after May’s Welsh elections

Influential British politician Peter Mandelson is under investigation for alleged misconduct in public office linked to his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Ex-Labour minister accused of passing sensitive information onto paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during time as business secretary

The former Labour minister was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Former UK ambassador Peter Mandelson was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. This follows revelations from Epstein files, where he was accused of passing market-sensitive information. The scandal has already led to his resignation from the Labour Party and the House of Lords.

In most cases, the documents do not accuse those named of participating in Epstein’s crimes. The consequences have instead flowed from the visibility of continued contact, personal familiarity, or financial links that became publicly indefensible once exposed.