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Tories and Labour stuffing Lords with political donors, research finds

THE Tories and Labour have been “stuffing” the unelected House of Lords with donors, new analysis has revealed.

The National (Scotland)

UK to investigate 2030 EV deadline and whether it's even possible

Can the government really scrap fossil fuel car sales by 2030?

Liz Truss nominees ‘turn down resignation honours out of embarrassment’

Former PM hands out honour for every three-and-a-half days of her time at No 10

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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

Call for watchdog to reinvestigate Tory peer over possible PPE lobbying breach

Lord Chadlington may have misled inquiry over introduction of firm awarded £50m in PPE contracts, Labour peer suggests

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

Action needed to tackle noise and light pollution, peers say

A report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee found poorly regulated pollutants were having an impact on health and quality of life.

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Joanna Cherry: There are things Holyrood should learn from Westminster

ON Tuesday evening, MPs spent the best part of four hours walking round in circles voting on the amendments made by the House of Lords to the…

The National (Scotland)

The UK government is in a face-off with the House of Lords over its contentious migration bill

The U.K. government has watered down some parts of its controversial immigration legislation in an attempt to get the bill through Parliament

The Independent UK

SNP MP calls for end to bishops in 'unelected' House of Lords

AN SNP MP is calling for an end to bishops’ automatic right to sit in the House of Lords.

The National (Scotland)

Bishops should lose guaranteed seats in House of Lords, MPs to hear

SNP MP Tommy Sheppard will say Anglican bishops should ‘get no special fast track’ to a place in Parliament.

The Independent UK

Shaun Bailey given official start date for House of Lords despite new Partygate police investigation

Tories urge ex-mayoral candidate to reconsider taking peerage

The Independent UK

How do people get appointed to the House of Lords and can it ever change? The process explained

The UK’s House of Lords has existed in one form or another since the 11th century, making it one of the oldest political institutions in the world.

The Conversation

Abolish the House of Lords – and quickly

Our upper chamber has become a national embarrassment. Why not fill it with representatives from local councils?

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UK government allowing ‘millions to fall behind’ due to digital exclusion

As a House of Lords committee finds significant numbers lack means and skills to get online we meet some of them

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer plans to stuff House of Lords with Labour peers

Labour leader wants to make sure he ‘gets programme through’, says party’s Lords chief

The National (Scotland)

£342 a day and an average age of 70: Welcome to the House of Lords

IT’S a place where you can be paid £342 a day, more than half of your colleagues are over the age of 70 and the longest serving has clocked up an…

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries brands Rishi Sunak ‘privileged posh boy’ who ‘cruelly’ blocked peerage

The former culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist lashed out at both Rishi Sunak and political aide James Forsyth in an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV

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Nadine Dorries brands Rishi Sunak ‘privileged posh boy’ who ‘cruelly’ blocked peerage

The former culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist lashed out at both Rishi Sunak and political aide James Forsyth in an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV

Daily Mirror

Nadine Dorries blasts Rishi Sunak and top aide as 'privileged posh boys'

The furious ex-Cabinet Minister launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister in the latest twist in the bitter row over Boris Johnson's resignation honours

Evening Standard

No ‘posh boys barrier’ to the Lords, ex-leader William Hague tells Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries claimed she was ‘bullied’ by No 10 and accused ‘posh boy’ Rishi Sunak of blocking peerage

The Independent UK

Dorries says she was ‘bullied’ by No 10 and accuses Sunak of blocking peerage - old

The former culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist denied ‘knifing the party’ by triggering a by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire seat.

The Independent UK

Johnson accuses Sunak of ‘talking rubbish’ as rancour becomes slanging match

The Prime Minister had accused his predecessor of asking him to overrule a vetting panel over his House of Lords nominations.

The Independent UK

What the papers say – June 6

Rishi Sunak has indicated he is willing to defy the House of Lords and force his proposed migrants law through Parliament.

The Independent UK

Sabrina Elba supports campaign against FGM, saying she has a ‘moral duty’

London-based charity The Vavengers presented the FGM/C healthcare inequalities report to the chief nursing officer for England on Monday.

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