EU leaders have picked Baroness Ashton to be the union's high representative of foreign affairs and security.Baroness Ashton, currently EU Trade Commissioner, said she was slightly surprised but... deeply privileged . Gordon Brown backed her for th
Labour peer Lord Lipsey has attacked plans for free personal care for the frailest pensioners as a gimmick and urged ministers to reconsider the move.The peer, a former member of the Royal Commission on long-term care, said he believed Gordon Brow
Outgoing UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has backed Lord Pearson as the only serious, credible candidate in the race to succeed him.Mr Farage, who is standing down to run against Commons Speaker John Bercow at the general election, said
FRANKFURT - The second-biggest German energy company, RWE, has completed its takeover of the Dutch power group Essent for 7.3 billion euros , a joint statement said on Wednesday. RWE has been able to acquire 100 percent of the issued and outstandi
Baroness Nicky Chapman, the first person with a congenital disability to be appointed to the House of Lords, has died aged 48.Born in Leeds with brittle bone disease she was elected to the House of Lords under the People's Peer scheme in 2004. Well
One of Scotland's richest men escaped injury when his helicopter made a forced landing in the US, coastguard officers said.Lord Laidlaw is said to have been at the controls of the aircraft when it came down in Penobscot Bay, Maine. The helicopter ha
A Tory peer referred to the police over expenses says it is part of a campaign of attacks and innuendo by an MP.Lord Hanningfield claimed the unnamed MP was determined to blacken my name over education policy in Essex, where the peer is council lead
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