A ban on students using mobile phones during the school day has been backed by the House of Lords. A Tory amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill passed with 178 votes to 140, and comes just weeks after opposition peers supported legislation to ban under-16s in the UK from social media platforms.

Keir Starmer’s government regards reform of the House of Lords as ‘long overdue and essential’

British politician Peter Mandelson is quitting the House of Lords as he faces new questions, and a potential police investigation, over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The Speaker of the House of Lords,

Move comes after gov't referred material to police following initial review of former minister's emails to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - Anadolu Ajansı

Peter Mandelson has stepped down from the House of Lords after emails revealed a connection between him and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Some of the emails reportedly contained confidential UK government communications

Peter Mandelson has resigned from the House of Lords after a series of scandalous emails came to light that linked him to Jeffrey Epstein, including ones that apparently leaked confidential UK governm

The U.K. government says newly released files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest that the former British ambassador to the U.S. may have shared market-sensitive information with Epstein.