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The Latest Breaking News from House of Lords

Boris Johnson asked for Evgeny Lebedev to skip City Hall security in 2015

Exclusive: Johnson made special request for Independent owner and a Russian dignitary to bypass ‘airport-style’ checks

The Guardian - UK

MPs to question chair of appointments panel over Evgeny Lebedev peerage

Committee summons Paul Bew to give evidence on No 10’s role in Standard owner’s elevation to Lords

The Guardian - UK

Petition to stop privatisation of Channel 4 tops 350,000 signatures

Government wants to privatise the channel which has been publicly owned since 1982

Wales Online

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Lord Simon Woolley tells House of Lords: ‘I’ve been strip searched. Ask Child Q if it’s funny’

The case of Child Q – a 15-year-old black schoolgirl who was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis – has drawn outrage from the public and politicians.

The Independent UK

'I've never met a Viscount before' - comedian Joe Lycett thrilled at House of Lords fraud committee

Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back presenter appeared at the Digital Fraud Committee - and was amazed to be in such high ranking company

Wales Online

Labour peer Lord Pendry faces week suspension from House of Lords for ‘bullying security staff’

Lord Pendry should be suspended from the House of Lords for a week for bullying a member of security staff, the Lords Conduct Committee has recommended.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson's law forcing all voters to show ID suffers crucial Lords defeat

The House of Lords voted to expand the list of approved ID voters can show at polling stations from next year under the Elections Bill - but a move to kill off the law entirely did not go ahead

Daily Mirror

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Boris Johnson's care costs 'catastrophe' for poor in deadlock as Lords defeat him TWICE

The plans will now return for a third time to the House of Commons, where Tory MPs have previously rebelled over a care cap change that will force poor or northern homeowners to pay more

Daily Mirror

Lib Dems put sewage at heart of campaign as party eyes ‘blue wall’ seats

The party hopes to win over Tory voters at the local election disgusted with inaction over sewage dumping in rivers

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel’s plan to criminalise English Channel refugees at risk after peers reject law for second time

Former lord chief justice among peers saying proposals breach international law

The Independent UK

Priti Patel’s immigration bill suffers multiple defeats in Lords

Peers find fault with many aspects of nationality and borders bill, in particular proposal to divide refugees into classes

The Guardian - UK

Political donations from non-doms should be curtailed

Letter: The House of Lords has a duty to preserve our democracy as it scrutinises the government’s elections bill, says Chris Rennard

The Guardian - UK

Former politician accidentally declared dead during House of Lords speech

Despite taking place before noon on April Fool's Day, it is thought to have been a genuine error rather than a prank

Wales Online

Double-glazed windows could affect whether protests are stopped for being too noisy, Home Office says

Document addressing ‘common misconceptions’ about controversial bill gives examples of how it may work

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The House of Lords is asking if fraudsters get the punishment they deserve, here's my answer

No prison and a £1 compensation order for 'carer' who helped steal £12,000 from a vulnerable couple shows contempt for victims of fraud

The Independent UK

Call in Parliament to block one of Chelsea bidders amid concerns

Labour former cabinet minister Lord Hain urged the Government to bar the Pagliuca Consortium from the race to snap up the Blues.

The Guardian - UK

Britons living overseas for 15 years to get right to vote in UK elections

Change to law, ending 20-year battle by 100-year-old Harry Shindler, passes critical stage in Lords

The Conversation

How the controversial nationality and borders bill may help people from Chagos Islands and Hong Kong

The nationality and borders bill has been widely condemned as the continuation of a decade-long, Conservative-led immigration regime set on demonstrating that the UK is “tough on immigration”. It has been dubbed the “hostile environment” policy.

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Paddy Power slash odds on Gary Neville standing for Parliament at next election

The Manchester United legend is stepping up his work with the Labour Party

The Independent UK

Lebedev has ‘nothing to hide’ as MPs back releasing security advice over peerage

Labour want the government to publish the relevant documents by no later than 28 April

Daily Mirror

'I have nothing to hide': Russian media mogul Evgeny Lebedev lashes out at Keir Starmer over peerage questions

Labour has used a Commons device to force the government to disclose documents relating to the Russian oligarch son's appointment to the House of Lords

The Independent UK

Lord Lebedev insists security advice linked to his peerage should be released

The Russian-born businessman said: ‘I have nothing to hide.’

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Tory rebels force disclosure of security advice on Lebedev peerage

Conservative whips allow MPs to abstain in vote on publication in U-turn after backbenchers threaten to support Labour motion

The Guardian - UK

Lebedev criticises Labour as MPs debate releasing security advice behind peerage – as it happened

Latest updates: Peer says opposition criticism of him is based on ‘pure innuendo’; government may be forced to release security advice on Lebedev

The Guardian - UK

Evgeny Lebedev peerage: Labour seeks to force ministers to publish advice

Angela Rayner to force binding vote on release of information, including on PM’s involvement in decision

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