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‘Who are we meant to protect?’ Netizens react as UK House of Lords votes to pardon women convicted of illegal abortions

The UK House of Lords has backed a historic move to remove criminal penalties for women who terminate pregnancies outside the current legal framework.

The Times of India

Assisted dying Bill contains ‘Trojan horse’ for upending NHS, says former chief

Lord Stevens told the House of Lords he does not believe assisted dying should be within the remit of the health service.

Evening Standard

Britain's 700-Year Tradition Ends as Hereditary Lords Are Ejected from Parliament

Britain's 700-year-old tradition of hereditary peers in Parliament ends as lawmakers vote to remove aristocrats, marking a historic shift towards a more modern system.

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Stablecoin petition hits 85,000 signatures as peers investigate UK strategy

House of Lords told excessive regulation means the UK risks falling far behind the US and EU

Evening Standard

Hereditary peers to be removed from House of Lords in historic change

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The Independent UK

Hereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords

Upper chamber accepts final draft of bill, which offers life peerages to some of those who would otherwise be removed

The Guardian - UK

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

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UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say

Ministers urged to abandon plans to let tech firms use work of novelists, artists and writers without permission

The Guardian - UK

'No veto' for Starmer over release of Mandelson files in Epstein scandal, says intelligence watchdog

The first documents on Lord Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to the US could be published as soon as next week

Evening Standard

Met apologises to Lord Speaker after he was misidentified over Mandelson info

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean was wrongly said in some media reports to have passed information to the police ahead of Lord Peter Mandelson’s arrest.

The Independent UK

Lord Speaker to meet Met after he was misidentified as source of Mandelson info

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean was wrongly said in some media reports to have passed information to the police ahead of Lord Mandelson’s arrest.

The Independent UK

Fallout from Epstein and Mandelson puts Britain's House of Lords under scrutiny

Britain’s House of Lords is facing scrutiny as an indirect result of the Jeffrey Epstein files

The Independent UK

Mandelson-Epstein latest: MPs approve release of files as police ask government not to publish ‘certain documents’

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner one of many Labour backbenchers to rally against Sir Keir Starmer’s amendment

The Independent UK

Peter Mandelson quits Lords over Epstein scandal

Lord Mandelson had faced legislation being drawn up to remove him from the House of Lords.

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The Guardian - UK

Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient

Campaigners demand ‘real consequences’ for peer who claimed expenses for car journeys he did not take

The Conversation

The House of Lords has voted to stop under 16s using social media – what happens now?

The House of Lords has voted, by a significant margin of 261 to 150, to prevent children under 16 in the UK from using social media platforms.

Evening Standard

Former Olympic swimmer and women’s campaigner Sharron Davies joins red benches

The silver medallist has been a prominent critic of transgender athletes being able to compete in women’s sport.

Evening Standard

Swinney condemns ‘absurdity’ of Mandelson remaining in House of Lords

The Scottish First Minister spoke out as the SNP at Westminster prepared to table a Bill seeking to remove the former minister’s peerage.

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The Independent UK

Assisted dying bill debate could cost taxpayers almost £2m

Campaigners say if the debate results in a ‘safe, compassionate choice at the end of life’ then it will be ‘worth every penny’

Evening Standard

Bill for peers to debate assisted dying could reach nearly £2m, analysis shows

Analysis of money claimed by peers for debating assisted dying in September shows that nearly £2m could be spent on allowances by May.

The Guardian - UK

‘We will grind you down’: how rogue peers became Labour’s toughest opponents

As Labour seeks abolition of hereditary peers, Tory-dominated House of Lords has inflicted near-record number of defeats on No 10

The Guardian - UK

Young people will suffer most from UK’s ageing population, Lords say

House of Lords report says tools such as raising pension age and increasing immigration will not be adequate

Evening Standard

Labour’s workers’ rights bill to become law after Lords battle

The ‘historic’ bill has been praised by trade unions and MPs who pushed to get it through the House of Lords

Evening Standard

Stronger mental capacity assessments could be added to assisted dying Bill

Peers were urged to make more progress on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during the final debate of the year on the legislation.

TechRadar

UK Lords propose ban on VPNs for children

UK politicians table amendment that would ban VPNs for children but its future is uncertain.

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