The House of Lords has long been derided as a stuffy relic of the past. But now its benches, usually filled with haughtily dressed men, could soon resemble something more akin to “dress-down Friday”. One of the nation’s most storied chambers of power has enacted a rule change: men are no longer req»»»

The procurement method and timetable for replacing HMS Protector remain undecided, more than two months after Defence confirmed that funding had been allocated for a successor to the Royal Navy’s Antarctic patrol ship. The latest position was set out in a written parliamentary answer to Conservativ»»»