Baroness Smith of Basildon, the Leader of the House of Lords, today outlined the Government's plans to go further in shrinking the size of the unelected chamber.

Frequency of peers’ meaningful contributions will be monitored under Labour plans to cut membership of the chamber by a fifth

Baroness Smith of Basildon, the Leader of the House of Lords, today outlined the Government's plans to go further in shrinking the size of the unelected chamber.

What the Government is proposing is a short-sighted act of political vandalism