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Lords committee urges Government to begin new talks with EU over data adequacy

The current UK deal with the EU to allow data to flow freely between the two runs out in June 2025.

The Independent UK

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)

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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 Guardian - UK

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 Conversation

Lords committee calls on Labour to restore protections for modern slavery victims

Peers say protections have been undermined by three immigration acts passed by the previous government

The Guardian - UK

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.

The National (Scotland)

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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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

SNP bid to abolish House of Lords altogether with Labour bill amendment

THE SNP will look to push the UK Government to go beyond its plans to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords and instead abolish it…

The National (Scotland)

Fury as Keir Starmer appoints another peer to fill Government post

KEIR Starmer has been slammed for appointing another new peer to fill a Government post – despite previous pledges to abolish the House of Lords.

The National (Scotland)

Parties would have to justify House of Lords nominations under new rules

Aim is to make parties set out candidates’ experience and suitability, after criticism of Boris Johnson appointments

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Starmer clothes donor Lord Alli faces probe over alleged non-registration of interests

The Labour peer at the centre of a row over donations to Sir Keir Starmer is under investigation by the Lords’ standards watchdog over an alleged failure to register interests.

The Independent UK

Labour peer Lord Alli under investigation over ‘alleged non-registration of interests’

Standards watchdog set to look into claims against peer who funded donations to PM Sir Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

Michael Ancram obituary

Veteran Conservative politician who served as a Northern Ireland minister and chairman of the party

The Conversation

Britain is finally abolishing hereditary peers from the House of Lords – a constitutional expert on the historical reforms that built up to this moment

Having made a pre-election pledge to do so, the government is moving forward with the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill, a piece of legislation that will remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

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The Guardian - UK

‘This is our culture’: what Earl of Devon thinks hereditary peers bring to Lords

As Labour looks to stop all dukes and earls sitting in second chamber, Charles Courtenay defends the ‘long view’ they represent

The Guardian - UK

Lords appointments must be transparent

Letters: Readers respond to Marina Hyde’s column on the sexist gossip around the elevation of Charlotte Owen to the upper house

The Guardian - UK

Public inquiries should be shorter and recommendations tracked, Lords says

Committee says major overhaul required to restore public confidence among victims and survivors

The Guardian - UK

Unappealing as some life peers are, entitled lords are defending the indefensible

Tony Blair’s bodged upper house reform enabled a kind of Garrick Club, with no risk of women

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s young peer makes millions from PR firm that advises former PM

Former Tory leader made Lord Kempsell one of the youngest members of the House of Lords at the same time as former aide Charlotte Owen

Cycling Weekly

'Plague of mosquitoes': The best and most concerning quotes from Parliament's cycling debate

Here's what the Lords had to say, from cat-chipping bikes to citing Mario Cipollini

The Guardian - UK

House of Lords plans fail to tackle overmighty government

Letters: David Kauders argues for a people’s council, Les Bright hopes fiscal concerns do not slow reform and David Milton proposes giving peerages to the highest bidder

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