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The Latest Breaking News from the House of Lords

Keir Starmer planning new king’s speech after May elections

Timing seen as moment to reset after potential loss of hundreds of council seats in England and defeat in Wales and Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s employment rights bill set to become law after Lords battle

Unions hail ‘generational shift’ as legislation introduces new rights on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts

The Guardian - UK

Stronger mental capacity assessments could be added to assisted dying Bill

Peers were urged to make more progress on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during the final debate of the year on the legislation.

Evening Standard

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UK Lords propose ban on VPNs for children

UK politicians table amendment that would ban VPNs for children but its future is uncertain.

TechRadar

Peers accused of ‘heartless’ tactics to ‘sabotage’ assisted dying bill

Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the assisted dying bill, has hit out at peers for tabling more than 1,000 amendments in what she believes is a bid to talk it out before it can become law

The Independent UK

Peers told not to sabotage assisted dying Bill with ‘unnecessary’ amendments

The House of Lords has been accused of time-wasting, having tabled more than 1,000 amendments to the Bill.

Evening Standard

UK politics: Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – as it happened

Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on Labour’s new peerages: another boost for the ermine arms race

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer promised to bring meaningful reform to the House of Lords. He is failing to introduce it

The Guardian - UK

What is happening to the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords?

Peers have submitted an extraordinary number of amendments, slowing its progress and raising risk of failure

The Guardian - UK

House of Lords’ block on assisted dying bill is a big risk

Letter: Defying the will of the House of Commons will increase calls for radical reform of the upper house sooner rather than later, say the MPs Nia Griffith, Justin Madders and Debbie Abrahams

The Guardian - UK

Senior opponents of assisted dying bill urge Lords not to deliberately block it

Letter says there is danger of Lords losing legitimacy as more than 1,000 amendments tabled, delaying any vote

The Guardian - UK

Online safety debate: peer claims kids' VPNs 'expose devices to viruses'

A Lib Dem peer has raised concerns about unsafe VPN apps in a debate in the House of Lords.

TechRadar

Downing Street vows to force employment rights bill through Lords

No more concessions, says minister after legislation was thwarted in upper house despite manifesto climbdown

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: No 10 brushes off claims Streeting’s criticism of ‘technocratic approach’ refers to Starmer –as it happened

Health secretary admitted to being ‘frustrated’ with approach to governing in interview

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Keir Starmer appoints 25 Labour peers to strengthen support in House of Lords

Labour says appointments needed to balance upper house, and chooses former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor

The Guardian - UK

Ethical dilemmas raised by the assisted dying bill

Letters: Dr Sarah Davies, Sarah McCulloch, Jean Farrer and Charlie King respond to articles on the progress of the bill and the role of hospices

The Independent UK

Ex-Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies and Iceland boss Richard Walker among new peerage nominations

PM announces 25 new members of the House of Lords, including his former director of communications

Evening Standard

Terminally ill Britons could move to Scotland for an assisted death – academic

Hertfordshire University expert Dr Claudia Carr said Scotland could be viewed as having a ‘more positive climate’ for assisted dying.

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The Independent UK

Two House of Lords peers suspended after breaking lobbying rules

Lord Dannatt will be barred from the Lords for four months while Lord Evans of Watford will be suspended for five months

The Conversation

Parental child abduction: why extending criminalisation is not the answer

The government is proposing a change in the law on parental child abduction. The crime and policing bill, under consideration in parliament, would make it a crime for a parent to take their child on holiday and then not return them at the end of the agreed holiday period. This…

The Guardian - UK

Peer suspended from House of Lords was allegedly paid $1m in ‘corrupt’ deal

Lord Evans of Watford and other directors of investment firm deny claims made in lawsuits they say are ‘meritless’

The Guardian - UK

UK workers will get unfair dismissal rights after six months from 1 January 2027

Angela Rayner drops plan to force earlier implementation after talks, says source, with start date to be announced in Commons

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn

The new Data (Use and Access) Act, which criminalises intimate image abuse, is a huge victory won fast in a space where progress is often glacially slow

Evening Standard

Labour’s neutrality on assisted dying questioned amid leaked report

Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, a strong opponent of the Bill, branded the emergence of a leaked policy document from 2023 ‘hugely disappointing’.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer expected to award 25 new Labour peerages

Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber

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