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 The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024
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 Hindu · Mar 30, 2024
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 · Mar 27, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024
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. Motorsport · Mar 22, 2024
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. Autosport · Mar 22, 2024
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 · Feb 11, 2024
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 · Feb 2, 2024
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 · Feb 2, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024
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. Al Jazeera · Jan 23, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2024
Who would you rather see in the Lords, Post Office scandal hero Alan Bates or Michelle Mone? The PM says the campaigner should have a knighthood, but why stop there? He could show feckless peers what public service looks like, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024
OpenAI says it's 'impossible' to create ChatGPT without copyrighted content, as if that's somehow a good excuse In the face of a growing number of lawsuits, OpenAI insists that the use of copyrighted content to train LLMs is fair use. PC Gamer · Jan 8, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Jan 2, 2024 'Voters will be fizzing': Lords Champagne sales hit highest level for five years CHAMPAGNE sales in bars in the House of Lords rose to the highest level for five years last year, with almost £90k worth of fizz sold in 2023.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023 House of Lords report on secondary education is well-intentioned but wrong Letter: The reason why most pupils in fee-paying schools do well is because they have access to resources, says Michael Young
Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023 Outgoing Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford slams House of Lords: 'I don't want to become a peer' The Welsh Labour leader criticised the unelected Upper House of Parliament as a 'democratic anachronism'
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023 Rishi Sunak taking Michelle Mone case ‘incredibly seriously’ PM’s comments come as Labour calls for Commons statement about Tory peer who admits lying to media over links to PPE firm
The National (Scotland) · Dec 17, 2023 Humza Yousaf calls for Lords to be scrapped after Michelle Mone interview FIRST Minister Humza Yousaf has said the "undemocratic" House of Lords should be scrapped after Michelle Mone admitted she lied about her…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023 Peers call for urgent overhaul of secondary education in England Lords report says there is too much learning by rote and many key Tory changes should be reversed
The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023 Lord Cameron must reveals links to Chinese port project, says Labour The Foreign Secretary has helped to promote the Port City Colombo project in Sri Lanka which is financed by China.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023 Peers need more vetting, says new head of House of Lords appointments Ruth Deech says making huge donations ‘not enough in itself’ and that ‘one has to look at their other qualities’
The National (Scotland) · Oct 25, 2023 Scottish peer hailed for devolution role dies after collapsing outside Lords chamber A SCOTTISH Labour peer has died aged 73 after collapsing just outside the House of Lords chamber.
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023 Leading Labour figure Lord Elder dies after collapsing outside chamber Murray Elder was one of the world’s longest living heart transplant patients, having received his in 1988.
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023 Paramedics called to House of Lords to attend medical emergency outside chamber Despite the emergency, proceedings continued inside the Lords main chamber as peers discussed the crisis in Israel and Gaza.