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Sentencing reforms clear the Commons despite concerns over early releases

The Sentencing Bill aims to ease the crisis in prison places by restricting the use of short sentences and strengthening community punishments.

Evening Standard

Health leaders call for Tobacco and Vapes Bill to be passed swiftly

The Bill will be scrutinised in the House of Lords from Monday as it enters committee stage.

Evening Standard

"Next July, I will have the benefit of five days of Oasis concerts in the fantastic venue of Knebworth House”: Oasis Knebworth gigs for 2026 appeared to be leaked... in the House of Lords

But Lady Taylor of Stevenage then says she was “speaking hypothetically”

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Suspension of hereditary peer by-elections extended as aristocrats face removal

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is set to remove the right of bloodline peers to sit and vote in the upper chamber.

Evening Standard

Woman investigated over husband’s use of assisted dying clinic wanted to argue case in court

Louise Shackleton says current law is traumatising families and she wanted jury to assess her innocence

The Guardian - UK

Mark Sedwill is frontrunner to become new UK ambassador to US, sources say

Former cabinet secretary seen as favourite despite running risk of angering No 10 with China spy trial comments

The Guardian - UK

Lord Speaker to step down early from role to care for wife with Parkinson’s

The former Labour MP and minister says Joan had ‘selflessly supported’ him throughout his career.

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Lord Speaker to step down early from role to care for wife

The former Labour MP and minister says Joan had ‘selflessly supported’ him

The Independent UK

Labour bank spying bill will bring ‘unprecedented surveillance,’ charities warn

Exclusive: Government warned new counter-fraud powers risk ‘recreating Horizon-scale scandal’

The Independent UK

Government defeated as Lords demand tougher crackdown on benefit fraud

Peers supported by 200 votes to 194, majority six, a Conservative amendment to the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.

Evening Standard

PPE firm linked to Michelle Mone misses deadline to repay £122m

Firm was ordered by high court to return sum paid by DHSC for unusable surgical gowns by 4pm on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Landmark Mental Health Bill one step closer to becoming law

The Bill will give patients a greater say over their case and treatment, and reform the use of detention and compulsory treatment.

Evening Standard

Calls for government to crack down on chemicals and metals found in period products

Over the past 20 years researchers have warned that period products including tampons and reusable products contain harmful chemicals

The Independent UK

Flagship planning Bill amendments to speed up reservoir and wind farm building

A series of new additions to the Government’s planning Bill could also arrest attempts at lengthy judicial review.

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The Guardian - UK

Give football fans seats in the House of Lords

Brief letters: Fair representation | The new PPE | Bad films | Jilly Cooper and University Challenge | Panettone french toast

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone 'assets should be frozen' after PPE firm to repay UK Government £122m

MICHELLE Mone is facing calls for her assets to be frozen after a company linked to her was ordered to repay millions of pounds for breaching a…

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone says she has ‘no wish’ to remain a Conservative peer

Mone hits out at Kemi Badenoch after Tory leader says PPE Medpro scandal has brought shame on party

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone says she has 'no wish to return to House of Lords' as Tory peer

MICHELLE Mone has said she has “no wish to return” to the House of Lords as a Conservative peer after a company linked to her was ordered to…

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The Independent UK

Archbishop-designate: I will vote against assisted dying Bill

Dame Sarah has said she and her Church of England colleagues in the Lords are likely to bring an amendment to vote on the principle.

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Mullally: the former nurse who will be archbishop of Canterbury

Bishop of London, who has been named as first female leader of Church of England, is seen as a ‘theological liberal’

International Business Times UK

House of Lords in Crisis: PPE Scandal, Israel Connection, and Growing Public Outrage

The UK House of Lords faces mounting scandals shaking public trust. Michelle Mone is tied to the £122m PPE Medpro ruling over faulty COVID contracts, while Lord David Wolfson faces backlash for supporting an IDF café near Gaza. These controversies fuel anger over corruption, cronyism, and impartiality, intensifying calls for…

Evening Standard

What happens after the 106th archbishop of Canterbury has been named?

There is a series of traditions and formalities to follow.

The Independent UK

The traditions and formalities after the 106th archbishop of Canterbury is named

After a name is confirmed, there remain a number of steps to be taken

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone accuses Rachel Reeves of inflammatory remarks over PPE ruling

Peer writes to PM over chancellor’s ‘vendetta’ comment after company ordered to repay £122m of Covid contract

Evening Standard

Baroness Mone accuses Chancellor of ‘inflammatory’ language in letter to PM

Rachel Reeves is reported to have joked that the Government had a vendetta against peer Lady Mone during a fringe event at Labour’s party conference.

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