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Embarrassing moment peer is blocked from House of Lords debate for being 'fast asleep'

Former postal workers' leader Lord Young, 79, tried to take part in a debate on genetically modified organisms - but he was given short shrift by a furious Tory whip. NOTE: Since this story was published, Lord Young has denied being asleep and demanded an apology from the Tory whip

Daily Mirror

12 cronies, allies and donors Boris Johnson has handed gongs to at top of society

Boris Johnson has handed out honours to a string of allies, Tory donors and cronies during his time in Downing Street

Daily Mirror

Lords defeat Boris Johnson over care cap that hits poorest with 'catastrophe'

Boris Johnson now faces another Tory MPs' revolt after peers voted 198-158 for an amendment to the Health and Care Bill, ensuring sums that councils pay towards care count towards a £86,000 cap

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Boris Johnson denies overruling spies’ concerns over Evgeny Lebedev peerage

PM says he did not intervene to get Russian-British newspaper owner into Lords after security risk warning

The Guardian - UK

Russian-born peer not 'distorting politics' because he never votes, claims top Tory

Minister James Cleverly said it was irrelevant that Lord Lebedev's dad was a former KGB agent and compared the situation to his own father being an ex-chartered surveyor

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson suffers Lords defeat forcing Tories to reveal scale of NHS staffing crisis

Tory former health minister Baroness Cumberlege warned the NHS was 'flying blind' without proper data on the true extent of the staff shortages

Daily Mirror

Lords defeat Boris Johnson to help children reunite with UK family amid refugee crisis

Lord Dubs led the amendment to the Nationality and Borders Bill which gives safe passage to unaccompanied refugee children in Europe, who are desperate to be safe

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String of Lords defeats reflects concerns over PM and legislation

Analysis: Peers have inflicted greatest number of defeats on government in single parliamentary session since 1975-76

The Guardian - UK

Dewsbury builders merchant AW Lumb acquired by Lords in £23.1m deal

The deal will expand Lords' network into the North

Birmingham Post

Government suffers series of defeats in Lords on immigration overhaul

The votes came against the backdrop of thousands of Ukrainian civilians fleeing the conflict with Russia

Wales Online

Lords reject clause in bill criminalising refugees who arrive by irregular route

Attempt to classify refugees into types among four clauses in Boris Johnson’s nationality and borders bill to be voted down

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel’s borders bill at risk after Lords vote down central policies

Peers’ decision to reject controversial asylum and nationality measures described as ‘victory for compassion’

The Independent UK

Tories slammed for 'sickening attempt to water down' prosecution of sex for rent landlords

Tonight MPs are considering Lords Amendments to the controversial Police and Crime Bill which currently includes a clause to protect tenants in need of a home

Daily Mirror

Peers would have to retire at 75 under new law

The aim is to reduce the size of the House of Lords

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The Guardian - UK

Ministers to reject making misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales

Priti Patel says government will oppose Lords amendment when police, crime, sentencing and courts bill returns to parliament

The Independent UK

Priti Patel urges MPs to back her new anti-protest laws

Government rejects swathe of Lords amendments to ‘oppressive’ and ‘plain nasty’ police and crime bill

The Independent UK

Offshore asylum ‘traduces’ UK’s reputation as ‘nation that abolished slavery’

Lords debate Nationality and Borders Bill that seeks to curb English Channel crossings and change how asylum claims are processed.

Nottingham Post

Former MP Vernon Coaker speaks of losing his dad and 'unnerving' start to new role in the Lords

'It's a real privilege to be in the Lords'

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The Independent UK

Zac Goldsmith accused of ‘lie’ to Lords over denial that Boris Johnson authorised Afghan dog rescue

Foreign office minister said prime minister’s rebuttal was ‘accurate’ – but emails from his office suggest otherwise

The Guardian - UK

The verdict is in: George Osborne’s help-to-buy scheme has been an utter disaster

According to a damning Lords report, it isn’t just a waste of £29bn, it has made Britain’s unequal housing market even worse, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Wales Online

Minister resigns in House of Lords over 'rampant' fraud in government

Lord Agnew of Oulton makes dramatic gesture after criticising the 'schoolboy' handling of Covid business loans

Wales Online

Drama at Westminster as minister quits government at the despatch box over 'schoolboy' handling of Covid fraud

Lord Agnew of Oulton’s resignation described as 'one of the most dramatic moments ever seen' in the House of Lords

The Independent UK

Minister quits Government with blast over ‘schoolboy’ handling of Covid fraud

Lord Agnew of Oulton’s resignation posts was described as “one of the most dramatic moments ever seen” in the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

Minister quits Government at the despatch box in the House of Lords

Lord Agnew was updating peers about the £4.3 billion of Covid loans – written off by the Treasury – which Labour said has gone to “fraudsters”

Daily Mirror

Tory minister dramatically QUITS at despatch box in new headache for Boris Johnson

Lord Theodore Agnew swiftly grabbed his folder and left the House of Lords chamber after announcing his bombshell resignation in the Lords.

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