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The Latest Breaking News from the House of Lords

SNP plot to sabotage Labour bill with amendment to 'abolish House of Lords'

THE SNP are set to lodge a series of amendments in an attempt to sabotage Labour's House of Lords legislation.

The National (Scotland)

UK politics latest: Sue Gray ‘rejects’ new role as Starmer makes huge emissions pledge at Cop29

The former chief of staff had been offered the role as envoy to the nations and regions

The Independent UK

Lib Dems plan to force vote on replacing Lords with elected upper chamber

Party wants to amend government’s bill that would end tradition of hereditary peers to make reforms go further

The Guardian - UK

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‘Once in a lifetime’ chance for football to block nation states owning clubs

As the bill reaches its second reading in the House of Lords, the Fair Game organisation has argued for significant amendments

The Guardian - UK

Meet some of the most noble women in the UK - from well-connected duchesses to lesser-known ladies

Meet the most well-connected duchesses, ladies, baronesses, marchionesses and viscountesses in the land...

Woman & Home

Scottish Conservative peer admits drink-driving

A SCOTTISH Conservative peer has admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol ...

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Greens lodge proposals to ban Lords from serving in Holyrood

THE Scottish Greens have lodged new proposals to ban members of the House of Lords from serving in the Scottish Parliament...

The National (Scotland)

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Force food firms to disclose products’ health ratings, industry boss urges

Exclusive: Stéfan Descheemaeker of Nomad Foods says mandatory rules could help kickstart ‘nutrition arms race’

The Guardian - UK

'Turned down a peerage twice': JK Rowling rejects Kemi Badenoch's Lords offer

JK Rowling has revealed that she turned down two offers of a peerage following Kemi Badenoch publicly saying she would appoint the author to the…

The National (Scotland)

Labour must keep its promise to consult on the future of the House of Lords

Letters: A group of signatories including Amna Ahmed and Tom Brake call on the government to announce a timeline for public consultation. Plus a letter from Chris Rennard

The Guardian - UK

'Sheer hypocrisy': Labour plan to hand out 'up to 200' seats in House of Lords

KEIR Starmer’s government is planning to create as many as 200 new Labour peers despite previous pledges to abolish the chamber ...

The National (Scotland)

The assisted dying debate is about so much more than kindness v conservatism

George Carey is wrong to reduce the bill to a simple question of right or wrong

The Guardian - UK

End of life care in England and Wales can’t cope with demand, say doctors opposed to assisted dying

Forecast indicates about 130,000 more people will need palliative care by 2048

The Guardian - UK

Former top judge demands help for prisoners ‘left to rot’ under ‘morally wrong’ indefinite jail terms

Exclusive: John Thomas, who was once Britain’s most senior judge, has said IPP jail terms are ‘inherently unfair’ as he backs The Independent’s call for a review

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Former archbishop of Canterbury urges C of E bishops in Lords to back assisted dying bill

Exclusive: George Carey’s position in stark contrast to that of current head of C of E and that of Islam and the Catholic church

The Conversation

Assisted dying bill enters parliament – how likely is it to become law?

Labour backbench MP Kim Leadbeater has introduced a bill in the House of Commons that aims to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

The Independent UK

New UK bill aims to legalize assisted dying for people who are terminally ill

A new bill aiming to legalize assisted dying in Britain is set to be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, marking the first time in nearly a decade that lawmakers will debate allowing doctors to help end people’s lives after previous court challenges to change the law failed

The Guardian - UK

What is the background to the MPs’ vote on assisted dying?

The bill is expected to have strict eligibility criteria and is seen as more likely to succeed than an attempt in 2015

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The Independent UK

Assisted dying: What is the current law and will it change?

Assisted suicide is banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a maximum prison sentence of 14 years

The National (Scotland)

Labour's watered-down Lords reform plans clear first hurdle

LABOUR’S watered-down plans to reform the House of Lords have passed their first parliamentary hurdle.

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UK Parliament Votes To Remove Hereditary Peers From House Of Lords

British lawmakers are set to vote on a bill to remove hereditary aristocrats from the House of Lords, a move seen as modernizing Parliament and ending an o...

The Independent UK

Bishops’ automatic seats in House of Lords must be abolished, MPs tell Starmer

The second reading of the House of Lords Bill takes place on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Hereditary nobles have sat in Britain's Parliament for centuries. Their time may be up

British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s House of Lords reform only scratches the surface of its problems

As the prime minister said himself in 2020, what it really requires is proper representation from the regions and nations. Where’s that conviction now?, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Evening Standard

OPINION - The hereditary peers are an antiquated anachronism in the Lords, so let them stay

The hereditary peers aren’t beholden to political patronage; they’re a unique part of the constitution.

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