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Tory peer to leave Lords after investigation finds he breached standards over Covid PPE deals

Lord Chadlington introduced government to company in which he had financial interest in 2020

The Guardian - UK

What are the House of Lords rules – and what happens if they are broken?

Peers have lighter requirements to declare earnings than MPs and are largely trusted to police their own conduct

The Guardian - UK

Modi’s BJP loses majority in India election shock, needs allies for gov’t

Defying exit polls, opposition parties stun the BJP in vital states, resetting India’s political landscape.

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Brickbat: Family Matters

In England, Metropolitan Police Detective Constable Zainab Hussain has been given a written warning for trying to remove her fiancé's nephew from a list of men suspected of violence against women and girls. But Akbar Khan, who chaired her disciplinary panel, said he believed she had made an "honest" mistake…

Reason

Met Police detective ‘took relative off domestic abuse suspects’ list’

Detective Constable Zainab Hussain let down the public but learned a “salutary lesson”, a panel ruled

Evening Standard

Senior Met Police officer sacked after he refuses to do drugs test

Julian Bennett was asked to provide a urine sample after he was accused of smoking cannabis

Evening Standard

Senior police officer who refused to provide sample for drugs test sacked

Julian Bennett refused to provide a urine sample after claims that he had smoked cannabis while off-duty.

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Met Police chief who wrote anti-drugs strategy sacked for refusing drug test over cannabis use claim

Commander Julian Bennett was accused of smoking cannabis each morning before work

The Independent UK

Tory peer cleared for second time of breaking lobbying rules over PPE contracts

Watchdog says there is insufficient evidence Lord Chadlington breached rules over £50m in contracts

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog opens fresh inquiry into Tory peer over possible PPE lobbying breach

Lords standards commissioners to investigate Lord Chadlington over alleged rule-breaking in relation to £50m PPE contracts

The Guardian - UK

How Indian slide maestro Debashish Bhattacharya made the 24-stringed chaturangui come alive on The Sound of the Soul

Bhattacharya is a genius of slide guitar whose new album is an uplifting twist on Hindustani classical ragas, featuring “the best instrument to unify cultures”

Guitar World

Tory peer called journalist a ‘presstitute’ and mocked her for being ‘poor’

Multi-millionaire Conservative donor bullied and humiliated women’s rights campaigner, investigation finds

The Independent UK

Met commander accused of drug use asks panel hearing case to stand down

Lawyer for Julian Bennett files recusal application against three-person panel after it refused to dismiss case

The Guardian - UK

Young Queen in never-before-seen image as Royals mark first Christmas without her

Speaking wit guests on the Royal Carols: Together at Christmas the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton revealed a previously unseen picture of Queen Elizabeth II in her youth

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The Independent UK

House of Lords watchdog calls for suspension of peer who ‘lobbied Matt Hancock’ for Covid sanitiser firm

Ex-whip reportedly approached ministers as he would ‘potential customers’ with ‘substantial stakes in reopening’ premises after lockdown

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog orders suspension of two peers over ‘cash for parliamentary advice’

Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Goudie took thousands of pounds to help and promote firms, reports find

The Guardian - UK

Questions raised about Lords standards rules after Tory peer cleared of lobbying

Peter Selwyn Gummer, Lord Chadlington, had stake in company awarded £50m Covid contracts via government VIP lane

Al Jazeera

Fear and anger in India’s Udaipur where Hindu tailor was killed

City is on the edge nearly a week after a Hindu tailor is allegedly beheaded by two Muslim men over prophet remarks row.

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The Hindu

Man gets 20-year jail for raping minor girl

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Manchester Evening News

Former Tameside MP suspended from House of Lords for bullying security guard

Lord Tom Pendry was MP for Stalybridge and Hyde for 31 years before being made a Labour peer in 2001

The National (Scotland)

Labour peer suspended from Lords after 'bullying' allegations upheld

A VETERAN Labour peer has been suspended from the House of Lords after he was found to have bullied a member of security staff.

Manchester Evening News

Labour peer and former Greater Manchester MP should face suspension for bullying security guard, watchdog finds

Lord Pendry angrily berated a member of security staff in behaviour that amounted to bullying, the Lords' Conduct Committee found

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