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The Latest Breaking News from the House of Lords

UK passes law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after months of wrangling

The controversial law is expected to come into force within days with the first deportation flights in weeks.

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First deportation flight to Rwanda will not leave till summer, admits Sunak

As final parliamentary debates get under way, PM acknowledges dropping spring start to policy despite earlier promises

The Guardian - UK

Minister urges MPs and peers to back Rwanda bill as likely final day of debate begins

Long night expected as bill goes between Commons and Lords and government tries to pass legislation without amendments

The Guardian - UK

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Byron Society looking to move secluded statue to Hyde Park on 200th anniversary of poet's death

Byron Society needs to raise more than £300,000 to move the statue and feel government should help

Evening Standard

Rwanda bill delayed for at least a day after Lords pass amendments

Legislation to return to the Commons with changes that would ensure conformity with UK and other law and protect claimants

The Guardian - UK

Sunak to give Rwanda £50m if deportation bill passed into law

MPs voted through plans on Monday and bill is expected to become law within days

The Guardian - UK

Lord Hoyle, father of Commons speaker, Lindsay, dies aged 98

‘Bereft’ family pay tribute to Doug Hoyle, who chaired Labour parliamentary party in 1990s

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With all the excitement of the Auerbach hearing, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s going on

The implied Harman undertaking is on everybody’s lips. What does it mean for Lehrmann’s defamation action against Lisa Wilkinson and Channel Ten?

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Ex-Boris Johnson ethics adviser Lord Geidt found to have broken Lords rules

Christopher Geidt asked to write apology letter after joining an MoD meeting on behalf of a US satellite firm that was paying him

The Guardian - UK

'Significant risk to security' at London City Airport, report finds

The report highlights lax security at the airport

Evening Standard

Waspi campaigner says Sunak on ‘sticky wicket’ asking for votes until he heeds calls for pension compensation – as it happened

Campaigner for Women Against State Pension Inequality says PM has power to bring legislation before parliament

The Guardian - UK

Peer calls for ban on foreign ownership of English football clubs and F1 teams

Lord Scriven accused Formula One’s chief executive, Stefano Domenicali, of damaging the reputation of the sport by failing to address sportswashing

The Guardian - UK

Why has UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda been delayed again?

House of Lords deals blow to ruling Conservatives’ ‘stop the boats’ policy.

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Lady Henig obituary

Historian and deputy speaker of the Lords who chaired the Security Industry Authority

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Lord Tomlinson obituary

Last parliamentary private secretary to Harold Wilson, whose political career spanned six decades

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Rishi Sunak’s government would ban the very boycotts that helped to end apartheid

A bill now in the Lords is intended to protect Israel from any criticism. It goes further than Thatcher ever did when she tried to stop us protesting to free Nelson Mandela, says former government minister Peter Hain

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Rwanda bill could become law without independent scrutiny, says ex-watchdog

David Neal says government failed to publish his report on conditions for asylum seekers in east Africa country

The Guardian - UK

Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

Exclusive: Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Britain's class system is hell for everyone — just ask an aristocrat like Charles Spencer how toxic it is

The film Saltburn described an aristocratic family in an exquisite home being destroyed by a middle-class demon. How pitiful he was, we thought, to hate such gilded creatures. But they should have looked closer to home.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s record on appointing female peers from party worst since Major, analysis finds

Unlock Democracy report notes that path to gender equality in Lords has slowed in recent years

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda deportation bill set back again after House of Lords votes

Rishi Sunak’s bill was opposed in 10 votes by peers, two days after five amendments were forced through

Al Jazeera

UK: Muslim student accused of anti-Semitism wins case against politician

Jacqueline Foster, a Conservative member of the House of Lords, forced to pay damages and apologise to Melika Gorgianeh.

The Guardian - UK

‘Scandalous’ if UK watchdog role left empty when Rwanda plan starts, says inspector

Successor unlikely to be appointed for six months – covering period when PM hopes flights will take off

The Guardian - UK

Fake fur and Dr Martens: the young peer bringing change to the Lords

Carmen Smith of Plaid Cymru, 27, argues for Welsh representation and wants to ‘bring more voices’ to the unelected chamber

The Guardian - UK

Legal challenge over plans to relax sewage laws for housebuilders in England

Campaigners accuse government of ‘back door’ amendment to bring in pollution rule change that was defeated in Lords

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