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The House of Lords is very flawed. But if it picks apart Sunak’s Rwanda bill, that’s its job and it deserves support

It’s hypocrisy for the PM to claim peers are frustrating ‘the will of the people’ after years of refusing to reform the upper chamber, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Simon Clarke Faces Backlash From Tory MPs After Calling For PM Rishi Sunak To Quit

Writing in the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, Clarke claimed Sunak, who is under increasing pressure after he was dealt a blow to his Rwanda deportation plan in the House of Lords, was "leading the Conservatives into an election where we will be massacred".

International Business Times UK

Britain's Upper House Votes To Delay Contentious Rwanda Plan

Britain's unelected upper house of parliament inflicted a blow Monday to the government's controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda, by voting to delay ratification of the treaty with Kigali.

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Sunak’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda receives first parliamentary defeat

Lords vote for motion to delay ratification of Rwanda treaty until government can show country is safe

The Guardian - UK

House of Lords votes to delay Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda treaty – as it happened

Peers vote 214-171 to delay bill to allow more time for scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda plan could fail first test in Lords as peers move to thwart Sunak’s bill

Motion seeks to delay ratification of treaty until government can show that destination country is safe

The Guardian - UK

Setback For Sunak As House Of Lords Sets Out Prolonged Timetable For Rwanda Bill

Sunak spent the morning urging his peers in the unelected chamber to pass his asylum bill as soon as possible, arguing it was the "will of the people" and they should see it as a "priority" for the country.

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Former Speaker risks outstaying her welcome in the House of Lords

Perhaps the Baroness should take her own advice

Evening Standard

Home Office hires hangar and dummy plane to rehearse forcing migrants onto Rwanda flights

Staff will be trained on how to handle 'disruptive' people

Evening Standard

‘Dogs in the street know it won’t happen': Tory peer Ruth Davidson lashes out at Rwanda scheme

Baroness Ruth Davidson suggested that even if flights do take off it will make "very little difference" to immigration numbers

Evening Standard

Future of News Inquiry To Investigate Effect of AI on UK News Media Houses

The Communications and Digital Committee seeking responses from the UK news industry stakeholders for a future of news inquiry to understand the challenges faced by the UK news media houses.

International Business Times UK

Setback for Sunak’s Rwanda bill pledge as peers reject his call for haste

Members of Lords criticise PM’s ‘bizarre’ and ‘vacuous’ calls for swift approval of legislation to ensure deportation flights by spring

The Guardian - UK

UK PM Says Controversial Rwanda Plan Is 'Will Of The People'

Rishi Sunak on Thursday urged members of the UK's unelected upper chamber of parliament to pass his contentious plan to send migrants to Rwanda, insisting it was "the will of the people".

International Business Times

UK’s Rwanda bill is a ‘step towards totalitarianism’, says Lord Carlile

Leading barrister signals House of Lords plans to revise bill, saying government is ‘elevating itself above the law’

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The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak challenges House of Lords to accept ‘the will of the people’ and pass Rwanda bill – as it happened

Prime minister says he wants first flight to leave ‘as soon as practicably possible’ but will not give date

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill passes third reading in Commons

Flagship policy passes committee stage after tense lead-up in which Tory divisions came to the fore

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OpenAI says it's 'impossible' to create ChatGPT without copyrighted content, as if that's somehow a good excuse

In the face of a growing number of lawsuits, OpenAI insists that the use of copyrighted content to train LLMs is fair use.

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar refuses to say what new Holyrood powers he wants

ANAS Sarwar refused to specify if he would back any new powers for Holyrood despite pledging to “make devolution work” for Scotland and the UK.

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The Guardian - UK

So Michelle Mone’s lies were to spare her family from press intrusion? Knickers to that

The ‘brave bra tycoon’ was happy to share intimate details of her life when it suited her career

The National (Scotland)

Scots university facing calls to strip Michelle Mone of honorary doctorate

A SCOTTISH university is facing calls to strip Michelle Mone of an honorary doctorate.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer unveils Labour’s ‘project hope’ as he urges Rishi Sunak to ‘bring it on’

The Labour leader vowed to defeat the ‘miserabilist Tory project’ and ‘crush their politics of divide and decline’

The Independent UK

Michelle Mone’s husband says couple has been ‘treated as a punchbag’ in PPE controversy

Doug Barrowman claimed that his company had followed a ‘transparent process’ and denied any wrongdoing

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss resignation honours list branded ‘insult to people in Scotland’

Liz Truss’s long-awaited resignation honours list has been branded an “insult to people in Scotland”...

The Independent UK

‘Shameless’ Truss gives honours to cronies who backed her disastrous government

The list attracted considerable controversy before it was even published due to the short-lived nature of Liz Truss’s premiership

The National (Scotland)

Yes supporters should sit in House of Lords, former chief strategist says

YES supporters should take seats in the House of Lords in order to create “ambassadors for independence in the institutional heart of the UK”,…

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