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Former Labour minister accuses football regulator opponents of filibustering

Lord Blunkett said critics were repeating points that had already been made in a bid to delay the Bill passing through the House of Lords

Evening Standard

Church must face up to Justin Welby’s damaging legacy

Letters: Readers respond to the archbishop of Canterbury’s final speech, for which he later apologised for causing ‘further distress’

The Guardian - UK

UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords

UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London -- and he is not happy about it.

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Sorry, archbishop, you need to do a bit more work on your ritual contrition skills

In a year of wretched public apologies, Justin Welby beats even Gregg Wallace

The Guardian - UK

Justin Welby apologises ‘for the hurt’ caused by farewell Lords speech

Abuse survivor accuses archbishop of Canterbury of making ‘tone deaf’ remarks amid safeguarding failures

The Guardian - UK

Archbishop of Canterbury sorry for abuse victims’ hurt after 'tone deaf' speech

Justin Welby’s words in the House of Lords during his farewell speech on Thursday have come under fire

Evening Standard

Archbishop of Canterbury sorry for abuse victims’ hurt after ‘tone deaf’ speech

Justin Welby’s words in the House of Lords during his farewell speech on Thursday have come under fire.

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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologises for ‘hurt’ after backlash over ‘tone deaf’ final speech

Some bishops have accused the primate of making light of victims in his farewell speech

The Independent UK

Farewell, then, Justin Welby. Good to see that you have already forgiven yourself

The archbishop of Banterbury could have used his speech to express remorse to victims of abuse. But then there wouldn’t have been any room for lolz, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Abuse victim ‘appalled’ by Justin Welby’s ‘tone deaf’ final Lords speech

Justin Welby has been accused of making light of serious safeguarding failures in his valedictory speech in the Lords on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Bishop ‘disturbed’ by Justin Welby’s ‘head to roll’ final Lords speech

The Archbishop of Canterbury made his valedictory speech in the House of Lords on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Political parties now required to justify House of Lords appointments

The move comes after former Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson’s appointments to Parliament’s upper house were met with criticism.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer planning to hand out peerages to Sue Gray and raft of ex-MPs

KEIR Starmer is planning to award a peerage to Sue Gray as well as a raft of ex-MPs who stepped down ...

The National (Scotland)

Assisted dying Bill: What happens next?

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will face further scrutiny and votes in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

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The Independent UK

What is in the new assisted dying Bill MPs are considering?

Who would be eligible and when could a service be up and running if the law was passed?

The Independent UK

Mobiles in schools could become like ‘smoking behind the bike shed’

Baroness Cass sounded the note of caution as she made her maiden speech in the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

Historic vote to legalise assisted dying on a knife edge

MPs are weighing up how to vote on a bill that would bring about the biggest social change in Britain in decades

The Independent UK

What is in the new assisted dying Bill MPs are considering?

Who would be eligible and when could a service be up and running if the law was passed?

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The Guardian - UK

Too many buildings remain unsafe after Grenfell disaster, housing minister warns

Labour peer Wajid Khan tells House of Lords remediation work is yet to start on half of properties with unsafe cladding

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar named Scottish Politician of the Year

SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar has been named Scottish Politician of the Year, collecting the award for the second time in three years...

The Conversation

John Prescott – the glue that held New Labour together in more ways than one

Although it is a cliche to call someone a giant of their profession, it is an apt description of Lord John Prescott, who has died at the age of 86. He was a giant of the Labour movement who played a vital role in supporting Tony Blair in leading the…

The Independent UK

In Pictures: Party stalwart kept New Labour in touch with traditional supporters

John Prescott was a formidable campaigner who took his party’s message on the road to its heartlands at a time of change for the movement.

Evening Standard

Post Office campaigner peer calls for branches to be expanded with more services

Lord Arbuthnot, who campaigned for wrongly convicted subpostmasters, says the Post Office’s future is about ‘holding communities together’.

Evening Standard

‘Bionic peer’ thanks wife who rejected do not resuscitate order

Lord Mackinley, who was giving his maiden speech in the House of Lords, was given a 5% chance of living when he got sepsis in September last year.

The Independent UK

Is there any hope that IPP prisoners will be released by this government?

POLITICS EXPLAINED: As the topic of indefinite sentences is debated in the Lords, Sean O’Grady assesses the likelihood that those still held under this disgraceful and uncivilised system will ever be granted freedom

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