Three peers investigated over their expenses claims face suspension from the House of Lords and repayment of tens of thousands of pounds, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.

Tom Griffin (London, OK): The ongoing debacle in the House of Commons this week overshadowed an equally significant scandal in the House of Lords. A day after Michael Martin became the first Speaker of the Commons to be forced out since 1695, Lord Truscott and Lord Taylor of Blackburn became the first peers to face suspension from the Lords since 1642. The latter landmark is in...

CONSERVATIVE peer Lord Hanningfield is to step down from his position as Conservative business spokesman in the House of Lords.

Four MPs and two members of the House of Lords have so far been jailed as a result of the expenses scandal. All have since been released. Here are the details of their cases.

The only member of the Scottish Parliament who also sits in the House of Lords has defended claiming more than £50000 of expenses for his 'other job'.

Whilst the News of the World scandal has drawn virtually all of the attention, the clock has started ticking on the work of the Joint Select Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill. Comprising twenty six members appointed from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, it is charged with

When I think of the House of Lords, I think about trust, honour, nobility, honesty and integrity. The formal title of the House of Lords is:The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.If a Peer's honour is found to be in question after an investigation carried out by Lords Interests sub committee, th...

The most extraordinary aspect about the latest parliamentary sleaze scandal engulfing the Lords is not that Lord Taylor of Blackburn was prepared to accept £100,000 to put down amendments but that there are companies and organisations out there that are prepared to pay that much. If you want to put down a Lords amendment against Government legislation, it would be much better to speak to an ...

It seems that two of the peers involved in the scandal of a few weeks back have been found guilty. TWO Labour peers at the centre of the lords for hire scandal have been found guilty of misconduct by a sleaze inquiry and face suspension from parliament, according to senior House of Lords sources. Senior peers have concluded that Lord Taylor of Blackburn and Lord Truscott have broken the code of co...

Let us begin with a startling observation: the House of Lords matters. Legislation is shovelled through the commons with timetable motions that ensure large sections of many bills are never scrutinised by MPs. Thank heavens for the Lords. Because there is no in-built government majority, the Lords have defeated the government on one amendment or another on more than 400 occasions since 1997. By co...