Few would argue for our current constitutional arrangement if it didn’t already exist, but right now the House of Lords is doing an important job challenging the government from the right, says Emma Revell

Standing in the middle of the City of London, you often feel like you’re part of a Britain that’s racing into the future. Pay a visit to the House of Lords, and you’re part of a Britain that’s firmly stuck in the past.

One is fast-paced, sleek and modern, with bustling streets of glass and steel. The other is, at best, a little fusty. Dark wooden rooms, panelling and gilt, an entrance lobby that – with its parade of coat pegs for every peer – resembles a very, very posh version of a primary school changing room. One is go-getting and meritocratic. The other revolves around privilege, much of it quite literally inherited.

And yet, as 2025 turns into 2026, the business world has quite a lot to thank the........

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