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Labour to u-turn on plans to abolish Lords in first term – report

Major plans for social care reform will not be included in Labour’s manifesto, according to reports.

The Independent UK

'Outrage' as hereditary peers elected to Lords on just 23 votes and 75 words

THE appointment of new two hereditary peers on just 23 votes shows the “democratic outrage” of the House of Lords, an SNP MP has said.

The National (Scotland)

Report details how Scottish peers 'fail to represent Scotland at every level'

THE Scottish peers in the House of Lords “would struggle to be less representative” of the population north of the Border, according to new…

The National (Scotland)

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Resurrect bill to ban ‘selfish’ imports of hunting trophies to UK, Labour urges

Exclusive: Legislation was blocked by small group of peers who tabled more than 60 amendments

The Guardian - UK

SNP MP’s report calls for House of Lords to be abolished

The report said Scotland had 78 peers currently sitting in the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

Eleven peers have not sat in Lords for at least a year after failing to take oath to king

Ex-supreme court president among those whose failure to take oath means they cannot sit or vote in second chamber

The Guardian - UK

SNP MP accuses peers of 'thwarting' trophy hunting bill with time-wasting tactics

SNP MP Martyn Day has condemned pro-hunting “unelected peers” in the House of Lords for “thwarting” the Hunting Trophies Bill.

The National (Scotland)

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Tory plans to rip up river pollution rules in tatters after two defeats in Lords

Labour’s move to oppose erosion of EU-derived laws welcomed by environmental groups

The Guardian - UK

MPs overturn peers’ attempts to strengthen crackdown on dirty money

The Commons voted 276 to 210, majority 66, to reject two Lords amendments.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson made to ‘look like a chump’ as ex-aide shuns Tories in Lords

Dan Rosenfield decides to sit as independent after being nominated by former PM in resignation honours list

The Guardian - UK

Sunak branded ‘inaction man’ at PMQs as Starmer attacks record on schools, prisons and China – as it happened

Labour leader accuses government of failing to heed warnings which has led to series of crises this week

The Guardian - UK

Universities watchdog failing to meet students’ needs and ‘not trusted’ by many

A report has accused the Office for Students – whose chair is a Tory peer – of lacking independence from the Government.

The Independent UK

Amnesty for Troubles-related crimes to become law – why many people in Northern Ireland oppose the bill

The UK government’s Northern Ireland Troubles (legacy and reconciliation) bill – which has faced near universal opposition in Northern Ireland – has passed the House of Commons. The Commons rejected the latest Lords’ amendments, paving the way for the controversial bill to receive royal assent and become law in the…

The Conversation

Lord Sugar tried to dodge £186m tax bill in bid to declare himself a non-UK resident

LORD Sugar tried to dodge a £186 million tax bill by attempting to declare himself a non-UK resident.

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The Guardian - UK

Lord Elton obituary

Conservative politician who headed the 1988 inquiry into school discipline and steered the legislation to abolish the GLC through the Lords

The Guardian - UK

No 10 had head-in-sand mentality at start of Covid crisis, says ex-minister

James Bethell says Downing Street did not want to prioritise pandemic in early 2020 even as evidence was mounting

The Independent UK

Government urged to scrap NI legacy bill after ’embarrassing’ Lords vote

Victims campaigner Raymond McCord said the Lords vote was an ’embarrassment’ to the Conservative government.

The Independent UK

Theresa May attacks Boris Johnson for ‘shattering’ public trust in MPs

Former PM also reveals who she blames for failure to achieve Brexit deal

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The Independent UK

Tory MP hits out at Dorries’ ‘extraordinary’ entitlement

Nadine Dorries announced in June that she would quit the Commons but has not formally done so.

The Guardian - UK

Housing asylum seekers on barge ‘untenable’ after legionella discovery, says charity – as it happened

Asylum seekers removed from Bibby Stockholm after legionella bacteria found in water system onboard

The National (Scotland)

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 Guardian - UK

Code of Conduct by Chris Bryant review – a manifesto for a better politics

The chair of the standards committee tackles bullying, corruption and constitutional reform

The Guardian - UK

Hold your nerve on Lords reform, Keir Starmer, or we’ll never see the back of Boris Johnson’s cronies

If Labour’s leader only targets hereditary peers, the likes of Charlotte Owen and others who shouldn’t even be there will survive, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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

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