Boris Johnson has given his brother Jo a seat in the House of Lords.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May's husband is also being honoured, but with a knighthood rather than a peerage.

Jo Johnson, Evgeny Lebedev and Ian Botham among 36 peerage nominations

In the latest loss peers backed calls to give reassurance to Scotland and Wales on devolution powers post-Brexit.

Boris Johnson's Brexit deal defeated in House of Lords for fifth time

Peers backed a cross-party amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill allowing EU citizens physical proof of their status.

It has been suggested the upper house of parliament could be transferred from Westminster to York.

The legislation paving the way for the UK’s departure from the European Union is expected to clear the Commons.

The newly appointed Lord criticised the system as ‘seedy lists of party apparatchiks appointed by power-hungry party leaders’.

The move to block a no-deal Brexit has been given a second unopposed reading.

Following a report into bullying in the Lords, its speaker has said "everyone deserves a workplace which has high standards of behaviour".

ITV News has learned between 20 and 30 Labour lords did not vote for their party.

A House of Lords committee warns changes must be made or crimes may go unsolved and the number of miscarriages of justice could increase.

The House of Lords has been told it would help homeless people as fewer people carry cash. 

International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt celebrated her as a ‘trailblazer, heroine and an utter joy’.

Lord Lester said he had been “treated despicably”.

The amendment on keeping the UK in some kind of Customs Union will be a key test of Theresa May’s fragile Parliamentary authority. 

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox suggested the House of Lords was trying to delay exit from the EU "indefinitely".