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Tuesday briefing: Inside the latest Lords scandal – and the future of the peers

In today’s newsletter: What the suspension of Richard Dannatt and David Evans tell us about standards and accountability in the Lords, and the prospect of reform

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2025

Two House of Lords peers face suspension after breaking lobbying rules

Lord Dannatt and Lord Evans of Watford violated regulations prohibiting the provision of parliamentary services for "payment or reward"

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025

Lords rules and culture make it easy for peers to abuse privileged position

Unreformed system means peers can profit by taking outside roles based on insider knowledge and access

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025

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Two peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules

Lord Evans of Watford and Lord Dannatt were filmed breaking rules, in undercover footage recorded by Guardian

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025

Peer attempts to delay assisted dying Bill will push it into 2029 – Leadbeater

Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords must agree on the final draft of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before it is law.

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025

Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage

Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

Sophie Turner says assisted dying bill poses ‘serious risk’ to eating disorder patients

The letter from Eat Breathe Thrive Foundation for Eating Disorders has support from mental health charity Mind and other celebrities

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

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Domestic abuse victims who flee with children overseas to be criminalised under new law

Change to crime and policing bill backed by fathers’ rights groups seeking support in cross-border abduction cases

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025

Assisted dying Bill risks running out of time to become law, Lords hears

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will become law in England and Wales only if both the House of Commons and House of Lords agree.

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2025

Brain tumour patient urges compassion from peers considering assisted dying law

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the Lords chamber on Friday for committee stage.

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025

Peers to mount fresh offensive to halt assisted dying bill

More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by seven lords in move which could filibuster legislation

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

Moral Panic About Rough Sex Gives Way to Censorship in the UK

British regulators and lawmakers are hot on a measure that would make possessing or publishing strangulation porn a crime.

Reason · Nov 12, 2025

Helen Newlove, victims’ commissioner and peer, dies after short illness

Lady Newlove, a campaigner for victims of crime, was a ‘committed and passionate advocate’, her office has said

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister

HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

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The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2025

First woman appointed to prestigious 700-year-old position in historic move

Chloe Kilcoyne Mawson will take up the post in the House of Lords in April 2026

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Badenoch accused of ‘interfering’ in lobbying scandal linked to Cameron

Lex Greensill alleges current Tory leader used business secretary position to protect former PM from scrutiny

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Assisted dying: England’s chief medic warns against complex bureaucracy

The Bill is due back before the whole House of Lords for wider committee scrutiny next week.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

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.

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Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025

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.

MusicRadar · Oct 24, 2025

"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”

BANG Premier · Oct 24, 2025

Oasis fans given huge hint about Knebworth gigs

Oasis fans have been given the strongest hint yet the band may return to Knebworth House for a run of huge gigs next summer to mark 30 years since they played their two record-breaking gigs there back in 1996 after a member of the UK's House of Lords talked about…

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

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 · Oct 22, 2025

Leading doctor and charity boss to join House of Lords cross benches

Professor Dame Clare Gerada and Polly Neate will sit as non-party-political members of the unelected second chamber.

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

Widow who took husband to Dignitas tells peers law must change

A special scrutiny committee is to begin on Wednesday on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2025

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

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