How much does the House of Lords cost?
It seems the only time the public is allowed into the House of Lords is to pay the bill.
The House of Lords isn’t just an affront to voters, it’s an unacceptable burden on the public purse.
Peers are able to claim £361 a day tax-free each day they attend, plus some travel costs. Between April 2019 and March 2020, £17.7 million was spent on Lords allowances and expenses, with the average peer claiming £30,687.
A smaller, fairly elected second chamber would be better for tax-payers.
Decentralising power
In 2024, the House of Lords is dominated by London and the South East with 44% of peers for whom we have a place of residence living in these regions – leaving many areas of the UK woefully underrepresented.
Abolishing the outdated and unrepresentative House of Lords offers a chance to rebalance politics away from Westminster – and create a representative House of the Nations and Regions.
An elected, territorial, second chamber could serve as a forum in which the UK’s constituent parts could work together in the 21st century, and would guarantee a voice for the nations and regions of the UK, to speak as one, to scrutinise legislation and our constitutional settlement with clear communities in mind.