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The Latest Breaking News from Charlotte Owen

Parties would have to justify House of Lords nominations under new rules

Aim is to make parties set out candidates’ experience and suitability, after criticism of Boris Johnson appointments

The Guardian - UK

Lords appointments must be transparent

Letters: Readers respond to Marina Hyde’s column on the sexist gossip around the elevation of Charlotte Owen to the upper house

The Guardian - UK

Here’s the real ‘enigma’ about Charlotte Owen: why we still take sexist gossip so seriously

OK, it’s not great to put a 29-year-old in the Lords – but trouser-rubbing ‘journalists’ spreading innuendo can’t back it up with a shred of evidence, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Unappealing as some life peers are, entitled lords are defending the indefensible

Tony Blair’s bodged upper house reform enabled a kind of Garrick Club, with no risk of women

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s young peer makes millions from PR firm that advises former PM

Former Tory leader made Lord Kempsell one of the youngest members of the House of Lords at the same time as former aide Charlotte Owen

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson met with uranium lobbyist connected to new business partner while he was prime minister

The Independent revealed that Johnson gave a top job at energy consultancy firm to former aide Charlotte Owen

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson faces ‘serious questions’ over new business with uranium entrepreneur

Former prime minister also under fire for hiring ex-aide Charlotte Owen as VP despite her lack of energy sector experience

The Guardian - UK

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Boris Johnson firm gives Charlotte Owen top job after ex-PM made her UK’s youngest peer

Exclusive: Charlotte Owen has been made vice-president of green consultancy company Better Earth, whose co-chair is the former prime minister

The Independent UK

Charlotte Owen parties with Boris Johnson's wife

The former PM made Owen the youngest lift peer in history

Evening Standard

Charlotte Owen makes her maiden speech and praises Boris Johnson

Baroness Owen, 30, joked about her young age

Evening Standard

Hold your nerve on Lords reform, Keir Starmer, or we’ll never see the back of Boris Johnson’s cronies

If Labour’s leader only targets hereditary peers, the likes of Charlotte Owen and others who shouldn’t even be there will survive, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

The Secret Diary of Charlotte Owen, aged 30¼: ‘I’m a Barbie girl, and a baroness.’

The former Boris Johnson aide has taken her seat as the youngest life peer in British history

The Guardian - UK

Who is Charlotte Owen and why did she get a peerage?

The 30-year-old aide among controversial names on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list

The Independent UK

Former Boris Johnson aide joins Lords as youngest ever life peer

Charlotte Owen, 30, has faced criticism over lack of experience after being nominated by former PM

The Guardian - UK

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'They're laughing at us': Boris Johnson ally sworn in as youngest life peer ever

A FORMER aide to Boris Johnson has become the youngest life peer in British history, after officially being sworn into the unelected chamber.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s former adviser becomes youngest peer in the House of Lords

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge, 30, and Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, 36, took their seats in the Lords on Monday.

The Independent UK

Charlotte Owen: Former Boris Johnson aide becomes youngest ever peer after taking seat in House of Lords

Baroness Owen’s appointment to the House of Lords was branded ‘completely staggering’ by one No 10 insider

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s controversial new baroness Charlotte Owen takes seat in Lords

Mayor of Tees Valley Ben Houchen also took his seat in the Upper Chamber

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The Independent UK

Who is Charlotte Owen and why did she get a peerage?

The 29-year-old aide among controversial names on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list

The Independent UK

Former assistant to Boris Johnson to become UK’s youngest peer next week

Charlotte Owen was named on ex-PM’s controversial honours list

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson controversy calls entire honours system into question, warns damning Lords report

Senior peers set out plan for ‘fair and sustainable’ reforms to appointments process

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s youngest peer Charlotte Owen takes her seat and reveals new title

She’s now Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge, joining Lord Bailey of Paddington

The Independent UK

Who is Charlotte Owen and why is she getting a peerage?

The 29-year-old aide among controversial names on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list

The Guardian - UK

Why does Starmer want to add yet more peers instead of abolishing the lot of them?

If the honour given to Charlotte Owen doesn’t stir Labour from its torpor, nothing will

The Guardian - UK

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