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Peer who fled Nazis as a child vows to fight on against cruel Tory migration bill

Lord Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK when he was just six, branded Suella Braverman's controversial Illegal Migration Bill "hostile" to asylum seekers and said peers would continue pushing to improve it

Daily Mirror

Several senior Tory MPs rebel on Illegal Migration Bill votes as further concessions urged

MPs held 18 votes in the Commons that saw several amendments made by the House of Lords overturned

Evening Standard

Senior Tory MPs rebel on Illegal Migration Bill votes as further concessions urged

MPs spent more than three-and-a-half hours holding 18 votes in the Commons that saw several amendments made by the House of Lords overturned.

The Independent UK

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Senior Tories attack illegal migration bill as Lords amendments overturned

Theresa May and Tim Loughton among more than a dozen backbench Tories criticising bill

The Guardian - UK

Jenrick stepped up to the dispatch box. Cometh the hour, cometh the halfwit

Honest Bob was all heart. It was actually compassionate to deport as many asylum seekers as possible

The Guardian - UK

Britons could be asked to house Afghans as thousands face hotel evictions

Immigration minister considering launch of Homes for Afghans scheme similar to that offered to Ukrainians

The Guardian - UK

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

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Theresa May says illegal migration bill will ‘consign more people to slavery’ as MPs vote on amendments – as it happened

Campaigners urge MPs to ‘stand on the right side of history’ by voting against the government’s bill

The Guardian - UK

MPs to consider changes to Illegal Migration Bill as ministers offer concessions

MPs will vote on Tuesday on changes backed by the House of Lords after the draft legislation suffered 20 defeats in the upper chamber.

The Independent UK

Numbers making risky English Channel crossing ‘still too large’ says No 10

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to ‘stop the boats’ has run into a series of difficulties in the English Channel, the courts and the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

Labour launch last-ditch bid to stop Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey's peerage

Tory Lords bosses have been urged to step in and prevent the failed Mayoral candidate accepting a peerage within two weeks while police are probing his 'jingle and mingle' bash

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's seven worst moments as PM - from sickening Partygate to 'woeful fraud'

Today marks one year since Boris Johnson resigned as PM, after almost 60 MPs quit government or party posts to express their lack of confidence in his leadership

Daily Mirror

The Online Safety Bill "undermines safety online," warn experts amid encryption blast

Experts raise major concerns as the Online Safety Bill is now at a "critical time" in Parliament. Will policymakers finally listen?

TechRadar

Sunak faces calls to halt Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey's peerage in 'Block Bailey Bill'

The Lib Dems are bringing forward a 'Block Bailey Bill' to prevent Shaun Bailey from taking his seat in the House of Lords after he was awarded entry in Boris Johnson’s controversial resignation honours

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The Independent UK

Bishops risk becoming ‘politicians that wear mitres’, MP says

Conservative MP Chris Loder said bishops taking political positions are ‘damaging’ for the Church of England.

The Independent UK

No 10 ‘not deterred’ by Lords defeats on migration Bill as MPs consider changes

The amendments proposed by peers to the stop the boats legislation will be debated in the Commons next week.

Daily Record

SNP MP in bid to have bishops removed from the House of Lords

Edinburgh East MP Tommy Sheppard will lead a debate calling for Anglican bishops to no longer be granted guaranteed seats in the upper house of Parliament.

The National (Scotland)

Illegal Migration Bill suffers 20 defeats in House of Lords

THE UK Government has suffered what is believed to be a record 20 defeats in the House of Lords over its Illegal Migration Bill.

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

A seat in the House of Lords isn’t God-given. It’s time parliament ejected all the bishops

Scrapping automatic places for a minority religion is as good a place as any to start with reform of the upper house, says humanist Sandi Toksvig

The Independent UK

Faith leaders in call for ‘just’ and ‘compassionate’ asylum policy

In a letter to The Times newspaper, faith leaders warn the draft legislation ‘falls short of our obligation to the most vulnerable’.

The Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

Met investigating two Tory Partygate allegations - but no further action over Chequers events – as it happened

Two events being investigated both took place in 2020, police say

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak's migration plans suffer brutal mauling as Lords inflict 11 defeats

The onslaught in the upper chamber came just a week after the Government's defeat at the Court of Appeal over plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

The Guardian - UK

Defeats for small boats bill in the Lords as Channel crossings set new record

Peers voted against government-proposed measures on detention and deportation of asylum seekers

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