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Anas Sarwar named Scottish Politician of the Year

SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar has been named Scottish Politician of the Year, collecting the award for the second time in three years...

The National (Scotland)

John Prescott – the glue that held New Labour together in more ways than one

Although it is a cliche to call someone a giant of their profession, it is an apt description of Lord John Prescott, who has died at the age of 86. He was a giant of the Labour movement who played a vital role in supporting Tony Blair in leading the…

The Conversation

In Pictures: Party stalwart kept New Labour in touch with traditional supporters

John Prescott was a formidable campaigner who took his party’s message on the road to its heartlands at a time of change for the movement.

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Post Office campaigner peer calls for branches to be expanded with more services

Lord Arbuthnot, who campaigned for wrongly convicted subpostmasters, says the Post Office’s future is about ‘holding communities together’.

Evening Standard

‘Bionic peer’ thanks wife who rejected do not resuscitate order

Lord Mackinley, who was giving his maiden speech in the House of Lords, was given a 5% chance of living when he got sepsis in September last year.

Evening Standard

Is there any hope that IPP prisoners will be released by this government?

POLITICS EXPLAINED: As the topic of indefinite sentences is debated in the Lords, Sean O’Grady assesses the likelihood that those still held under this disgraceful and uncivilised system will ever be granted freedom

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland MPs and peers call for rethink of agricultural inheritance tax

DUP MP Carla Lockhart warned of the generational transfer of farms being disrupted and the sector endangered.

Evening Standard

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‘I’m not saying I’m not scarred. But scars do fade’: Baroness Lola Young on her childhood in care

The crossbench peer grew up in care and went on to become an actor, an academic and one of the first black women in the House of Lords. Now she has written a memoir documenting her remarkable story

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Tories appoint oil tycoon and Lord to party leadership roles

THE Scottish Tories have appointed an Aberdeen oil tycoon and a member of the House of Lords to party leadership roles.

The National (Scotland)

Prisoners held on indefinite terms should have sentences reviewed, peers told

Lord Tony Woodley says people still being held on abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences are subjected to miscarriages of justice.

Evening Standard

New law needed to stop citizenship education being ‘weakly’ taught, peers told

Independent crossbench peer Lord Harries of Pentregarth has tabled the Education (Values of British Citizenship) Bill.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson aide takes over Guido Fawkes website after ex-PM made him one of UK’s youngest peers

Lord Kempsell entered the House of Lords, alongside ex-aide Charlotte Owen, after former Tory prime minister forced to resign in the wake of the Partygate scandal

The Independent UK

Botham’s daughter rallies to his defence over ‘aggressive’ Lords no-show jibe

Sarah Botham points out her peerage parent ‘always stated he would not be clocking in simply to get his allowance’

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Lords shake-up: meaningful change goes beyond scrapping birthright

Editorial: MPs are right to abolish hereditary seats in the upper house. However, Britain needs a representative second chamber fit for modern democracy

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Hereditary peer compares Starmer to China’s Xi as MPs vote to abolish bloodline members

Labour bill has enraged some hereditary peers, but was also criticised by other lords for failing to go far enough

The National (Scotland)

MPs vote to abolish hereditary peers from House of Lords

MPS have voted to abolish hereditary peers from the House of Lords, with a 362-vote majority in the House of Commons.

Evening Standard

MPs reject bid to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords

The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on matters in their ministries rather than on the running of the country.

The Guardian - UK

Who could succeed Justin Welby as archbishop of Canterbury?

Some will think a woman should lead the C of E and age limitation will rule out a number of bishops

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SNP MP calls for House of Lords to be abolished

Pete Wishart described Parliament’s second chamber as an ‘absurd embarrassment’.

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns - live: Welby’s Lords seat in doubt amid calls for Labour to refuse peerage

Mr Welby said it was ‘very clear’ he must take responsibility and regretted the Church’s historic failures

Evening Standard

What is in the new Bill on assisted dying?

The Bill is almost 40 pages and will be debated on November 29.

The Guardian - UK

Green party says Starmer must do more to cut energy use to meet net zero targets – as it happened

Green party says PM’s target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit is welcome but not enough

Evening Standard

MPs to consider call to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords

Amendments to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will be debated in the Commons on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Assisted dying bill: What it means for patients - as terminally ill to be able to take own life in 21 days

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s controversial legislation to be published

Evening Standard

What is in the new Bill on assisted dying for England and Wales?

A debate and first vote are expected to take place on November 29.

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