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Starmer says his suggestion members of the Lords should retire at 80 do not apply to world leaders

Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Washington as a number of senior Democrats have questioned whether 81-year-old Joe Biden should run for a second term

The Independent UK

Move to reduce Lords retirement age to 80 is not about Joe Biden, says Keir Starmer

Ahead of UK-US bilateral talks, PM says primary driver for cutting peers’ retirement age is size of Lords chamber

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron steps back from frontline politics after election defeat – but keeps Lords seat for life

Party chair Richard Holden has also quit. The Independent has been told that angry Tories began texting him at 4am on Friday demanding his resignation

The Independent UK

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Labour plans House of Lords age limit and immediate end to hereditary peers – constitutional reform proposals explained

The Labour party has committed to immediately legislating to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords if elected to government. It will also impose retirement on members of the House of Lords at the age of 80.

The Conversation

Labour criticised for ‘U-turning’ on plans to abolish the House of Lords

The party’s manifesto will include plans to introduce an age limit for peers and scrap new hereditary roles, the Times reports.

Evening Standard

Labour criticised for 'U-turning' on plans to abolish the House of Lords

Labour has faced criticism for “U-turning” on its previous proposals to abolish the House of Lords ...

The National (Scotland)

Bank of England Under Fire From Leader of the Campaign for Fair Finance

Is the Bank of England up to the job of managing the UK's monetary policy? The leader of The Campaign for Fair Finance Dr Roger Gewolb offered me his views of the UK's central bank.

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David Cameron ‘wasted’ £60k to fly private jet to see ‘drenched Rishi’

DAVID CAMERON has been slammed for “wasting” taxpayers money “to watch a Prime Minister getting drenched at Downing Street”, after it was…

The National (Scotland)

Crucial reforms to help thousands trapped in indeterminate jail terms fail after Labour peers ‘bottle it’

Baroness Fox praised The Independent for shining a light on the plight of IPP prisoners in a House of Lords debate

The Independent UK

Peer faces year’s ban from Lords bars for bullying two people while drunk

Kulveer Ranger resigns Tory whip after committee also recommends suspension from House of Lords for three weeks

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Boris Johnson adviser faces year-long ban from Lords bars after drunken 'f******' useless' outburst at women

The House of Lords Conduct Committee recommended that Lord Kulveer Ranger also be suspended from the House for three weeks

Evening Standard

Peer and former Boris Johnson adviser to be banned from Parliament's bars

A TORY peer is set to be banned from the House of Lords bars for a year after he was found to have bullied and harassed two people while drunk ...

The National (Scotland)

Rwanda bill: what does the latest delay mean?

Flights have been pushed back to summer after the House of Lords spoke up for Afghans and refugees – here’s what to expect over the coming weeks

The Guardian - UK

When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk?

Proponents of legalising assisted dying are right to stop and think of the possible unintended consequences

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Angelo, who won well in his last start, should repeat in the Trainers Trophy

Trainer P.Shroff’s ward Angelo favored to win Trainers Trophy in Sunday’s races with specific rail placements.

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Boris Johnson ethics adviser Lord Geidt found to have broken Lords rules

Christopher Geidt asked to write apology letter after joining an MoD meeting on behalf of a US satellite firm that was paying him

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and Starmer told to provide more than ‘sketchy’ details on proposed peers

Concern that quick succession of prime ministers has filled House of Lords with donors, junior aides and MPs who have lost seats

Motorsport

F1 CEO Domenicali 'arrogant' for not engaging in sportswashing dialogue

The assessment comes from UK peer Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat, during a House of Lords sportswashing debate held in the chamber on Thursday. He says it was prompted by Domenicali failing to engage.

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F1 CEO Domenicali 'arrogant' for not engaging in sportswashing dialogue - UK peer

The assessment comes from UK peer Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat, during a House of Lords sports-washing debate held in the chamber on Thursday. He says it was prompted by Domenicali failing to engage.

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s green rowback: honest politics or a costly mistake?

Letters: Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves cannot promise to spend £28bn they don’t yet have, writes former party leader Neil Kinnock, while others argue that funding a green future is not a matter of ambition but necessity

The Guardian - UK

The House of Lords’ powerlessness to stop the Rwanda bill shows its limits

Letter: The government is racing towards a totalitarian state – and the second assembly can’t stop it, says Jenny Jones

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers urged to protect creatives whose work is used by AI firms

House of Lords committee says copyright laws fall short as tech companies lift content without permission

The Guardian - UK

The House of Lords is very flawed. But if it picks apart Sunak’s Rwanda bill, that’s its job and it deserves support

It’s hypocrisy for the PM to claim peers are frustrating ‘the will of the people’ after years of refusing to reform the upper chamber, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Al Jazeera

UK’s upper house votes to delay plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

House of Lords defies Rishi Sunak by voting to delay ratification of treaty with Kigali.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s Rwanda treaty ‘unlikely to satisfy supreme court’, say legal experts

Legal bodies, academics and human rights groups say treaty risks undermining rule of law

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