Members of the House of Lords will have their £18 million tax-free expenses cut under plans designed to end widespread abuse.

Peers are to be given an effective pay rise in return for a tightening up of the expenses system in the House of Lords

PEERS sitting in the House of Lords should be offered a £30,000 tax-free lump sum to encourage them to retire, says PEERS sitting in the House of Lords should be offered a £30

LORD Foulkes, the only MSP who is also a peer, has been criticised for claiming almost £44,000 in House of Lords expenses in 2008-9.

Ex-Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield, who was jailed for falsely claiming £14,000 in House of Lords expenses, is arrested over local authority expenses, the BBC understands.

Peers who cheated on their expenses will be barred from the House of Lords until they repay the money.

Peers in the House of Lords are to have their expenses cut as part of Parliament's response to the scandal over allowances.

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.

The government has been defeated in the House of Lords over its plans to cap household benefits for working-age families at £26,000.

Liberal Democrat Lords challenge the government over the tax contributions of UK tax havens in a House of Lords debate Liberal Democrat Lords used an Opposition Day debate to attack the government over the billions of pound of tax revenue that corporations are evading using British tax havens. The debate was opened by Lord Wallace of Saltaire, the Liberal Democrat deputy leader in the Lords, who s...