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Over 130,000 call for Tory peer Michelle Mone to be booted from Lords and repay £29m of taxpayer cash

Leaked documents suggest an offshore trust linked to Baroness Mone received the money, which seems to have originated as profits from more than £200million in Covid-19 PPE deals.

Daily Record

Thousands call for Tory peer Michelle Mone to repay £29million 'made' from Covid PPE kits

Over 100,000 people have signed a petition demanding Tory peer Michelle Mone be expelled from the Lords immediately after leaked documents suggest she profited from Covid PPE deals

Daily Mirror

Michelle Mone to keep Tory whip until PPE probes concluded, party confirms

MICHELLE Mone will keep the Tory whip until official probes into PPE Medpro have concluded, a party spokesperson has confirmed.

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Bank of England ‘blindsided’ by Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, says governor

Andrew Bailey tells Lords committee of ‘extraordinary process’ with ‘no formal communication’ between Treasury and Bank

The Guardian - UK

Thousands sign petition to expel Michelle Mone from House of Lords

The life peer reportedly received £29 million from a PPE firm that won a major government contract

Wales Online

Thousands sign petition calling for Michelle Mone to be expelled from House of Lords

TENS of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Michelle Mone to be expelled from the House of Lords.

The National (Scotland)

The good, the bad and the downright ugly of the House of Lords

WHAT do these people have in common? Ruth Smeeth, Sonny Leong, Fiona Twycross, David Prentis, Frances O’Grady, Tom Watson, Sharon Taylor, and…

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Global population: numbers do matter

If we want to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, we have to accept that population growth is a factor

The Guardian - UK

Call these voter ID laws what they really are: voter suppression and an attack on young people

Older people lean Conservative – no wonder the government wants to keep younger ones away from ballot boxes, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on crony capitalism: a moral corruption stalks parliament

Editorial: The country is in trouble if during a national emergency the economy could be so easily rigged to favour connected insiders

The Guardian - UK

From Indyref2 to TfL, devolution is a hot mess

The ruling from the Supreme Court was unanimous and clear: the Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on independence without the consent of the UK government.

Evening Standard

David Cameron becomes a peer: How does the House of Lords work and what do its critics say about it?

The ex-prime minister is by no means the first peer to be in the Cabinet but the practice is unusual

Evening Standard

Letting Anne and Edward to deputise for King adds ‘strength and depth to bench’

Only ‘working members’ of the royal family will be called upon to act as Counsellors of State, the House of Lords is told

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson loyalist Nadine Dorries ‘could be blocked from peerage’ by Rishi Sunak

Ex-PM Boris Johnson used his resignation honours list to nominate four Tory MPs for gongs - but wants them to hold off on going to the Lords until after the next election

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UK Government 'considering blocking Nadine Dorries and Alister Jack's peerages'

RISHI Sunak is considering a move to block Boris Johnson’s attempt to hand seats in the Lords to close allies such as Nadine Dorries and Alister…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer would abolish House of Lords if made prime minister

THE Labour party have confirmed plans that they would abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a “new, reformed upper chamber”.

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer vows to abolish House of Lords to 'restore public trust in politics'

Under Keir Starmer's plans, the Lords replacement would be "truly representative" of the UK's nations and regions

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer pledges to ‘abolish the House of Lords’ as prime minister

Labour leader wants people to have the power to elect peers to the upper chamber

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The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer plans to abolish House of Lords

The Labour leader wants to radically reform constitutional politics with a new elected chamber.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer: I will abolish House of Lords to ‘restore trust in politics’

Exclusive: Labour leader plans a new elected chamber after accusing successive Tory governments of handing peerages to ‘lackeys and donors’

The Independent UK

Plans to reform House of Lords appointments pass first hurdle

Membership of the House of Lords now far exceeds that of the Commons, says Lord Norton.

The Independent UK

Fast-tracked law change to allow Anne and Edward to deputise for King

The Counsellors of State Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords just a day after the monarch made a formal request.

The National (Scotland)

Here's how much Baroness Ruth Davidson has claimed in just one year in the Lords

Baroness Davidson, who stood down at the last Holyrood election to become a life peer, has only attended 34 days in 11 months

Daily Mirror

Billionaire hedge fund boss who donated millions to Tories takes place in House of Lords

Australian-born businessman Sir Michael Hintze, 69, was appointed to the unelected upper house after being put forward by former PM Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

As disgraced Tory MPs shame politics, will Rishi Sunak keep his promise to clean up the house?

Time was when a dishonourable member would resign and disappear for good after a scandal. Not any more

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