The Latest Breaking News from House of Lords

Access to green space must be priority for land use in England, peers say

Cross-party report highlights need for greater access to natural world when deciding how to divide up land

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Downing Street rejects council leaders' plea to delay forcing voters to show ID

It comes as the Liberal Democrats attempt to block plans to introduce photo ID at elections from 2023 using a rare "fatal motion" in the House of Lords on Tuesday

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Gordon Brown's report on UK constitutional reform treats Wales as an afterthought

In one of the rare references to Wales, the report alludes to “the Welsh Assembly Government” – a title that was discarded more than a decade ago

Birmingham Post · Dec 12, 2022

Tory grandee Ken Clarke puts boot into 'low depths of farce' Liz Truss

The former Home Secretary, Health Secretary and Chancellor said: “I was quite surprised she got into the Cabinet but then I was utterly amazed she became Prime Minister"

Daily Mirror · Dec 10, 2022

Power to the people is a lovely idea, Gordon Brown, but you forgot about women

Labour’s vision of a new Britain ignores the issue of structural sex discrimination

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

The Guardian view on proportional representation: Labour should back it

Editorial: House of Lords reform is necessary, but not a sufficient constitutional change to mend Britain’s broken politics

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Watch: ‘Control has become cruelty’ in UK asylum policy, says Archbishop

The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that “control has become cruelty” in a rebuke of the Government’s treatment of migrants and asylum seekers. Justin Welby, in a speech to the House of Lords on Friday, offered stinging criticism of Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman as he warned against…

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022

Justin Welby criticises ‘cruelty’ and ‘harmful rhetoric’ of UK asylum policy

Archbishop of Canterbury calls for approach based on compassion and recognition of human dignity in House of Lords debate

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Revealed: the full inside story of the Michelle Mone PPE scandal

PPE Medpro and supply chain partners made as much as £100m in profits; Tory peer and husband now selling yacht and homes

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Jeremy Hunt fails to quash claims Treasury vetoed pay offer that may have averted rail strikes – as it happened

Chancellor did not contest claim when asked whether his department blocked a pay rise of around 10% for rail workers

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022