PM dodges questions over integrity of Sue Gray partygate probe amid Labour move Rishi Sunak said the Cabinet Office was ‘reviewing the circumstances of her departure’ and would not comment further. The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023
Lady Rhondda: the little-known suffragette whose efforts led to greater equality for women The design for a statue of a leading suffragette has been unveiled in Newport, south Wales. Margaret Haig Thomas or Lady Rhondda was a lifelong campaigner for women’s rights and was the first woman to hold a hereditary peerage, though she was barred from taking up her seat in the… The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023
Hereditary peer given ministerial role within year of entering House of Lords ANOTHER hereditary peer has been given a ministerial role in Rishi Sunak’s government. The National (Scotland) · Mar 7, 2023
Humza Yousaf: UK honours system is corrupt to the core SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf has branded the honours system in the UK as “corrupt to the core” and has called for the House of Lords to… The National (Scotland) · Mar 7, 2023
Humza Yousaf calls for Alister Jack to quit Commons seat if Tory minister is made a Lord Jack, who has served as Scottish Secretary since 2019, is set to be made a member of the House of Lords thanks to Boris Johnson. Daily Record · Mar 6, 2023
Seven bizarre Boris Johnson honours appointments and rumoured incoming peers BORIS Johnson has been known for making some let’s say questionable decisions down the years. The National (Scotland) · Mar 6, 2023
Alister Jack 'heading to House of Lords' thanks to Boris Johnson honours list The Tory MP for Dumfries, who has served as Scottish Secretary since 2019, could soon swap the House of Commons for the Lords. Daily Record · Mar 6, 2023
Long delay to guarantee tips for hospitality staff ‘crazy’, Government told It was pointed out far more divisive proposals would become law sooner. The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023
Michelle Mone spotted enjoying holiday in villa bought soon after PPE scandal Baroness Mone, who is abroad with her husband, is at the centre of controversy after the company set up by business associate Anthony Page is being sued for more than £130million. Glasgow Live · Mar 2, 2023
Michelle Mone flies off to plush £7m Algarve villa bought after PPE police raid Baroness Mone and hubby Doug Barrowman snapped up the £7million Algarve property through an offshore firm last July. Edinburgh Live · Mar 2, 2023
Michelle Mone and husband jet off to villa bought three months after £200m PPE probe raid The firm set up by their business associate Anthony Page is being sued for more than £130million by the Department for Health over gowns it claims could not be used in the NHS. Daily Record · Mar 2, 2023
Plan for greater scrutiny of peerages could help to allay concerns over lords’ work rate Letters: A bill now being taken through the upper house would extend the Lords appointments committee’s brief, says Conservative peer Timothy Kirkhope The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023
Tributes to 'good hearted' former Hyde and Stalybridge MP Lord Tom Pendry following tragic death aged 88 Lord Tom Pendry was MP for Stalybridge and Hyde for 31 years before being made a Labour peer in 2001 Manchester Evening News · Feb 27, 2023
Ruth Davidson claimed almost £25,000 in Lords expenses - but made just FOUR speeches RUTH Davidson reportedly claimed nearly £25,000 in expenses from the House of Lords in just one year – despite only making only four speeches in… The National (Scotland) · Feb 27, 2023
Edinburgh Live · Feb 27, 2023 Former Edinburgh MSP Ruth Davidson claimed almost £25,000 in expenses in one year The former Scottish Tory leader and Edinburgh Central MSP claimed £24,521 in expenses over a 12-month span. This was despite making just four speeches and asking only two questions.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023 Secret House of Lords circle ‘shown to have worked with far right’ Email blunder sparks inquiry into New Issues Group’s ‘collaboration with Islamophobes’
Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023 The hundreds of desperate Ukrainian children saved by Labour peer who fled Nazis Refugee campaigner Lord Alf Dubs – himself evacuated as a child from Nazi Germany via the Kindertransport - began raising Valya Pylypenko’s case to then Home Secretary Priti Patel, in the House of Lords, to news outlets and to civil servants
The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023 Crypto firm with links to parliamentary groups appears to have vanished Apparent disappearance of Phoenix Community Capital leaves some investors fearing they have lost large sums of money
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023 Key measures of bill to limit protest tactics defeated in House of Lords Peers rejected letting police exercise stop and search without suspicion and sanction people without conviction
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023 Evgeny Lebedev goes full year without contributing to House of Lords Newspaper owner made peer by Boris Johnson has only attended once in last year and did not speak or vote
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023 Jacob Rees-Mogg’s crazed tilt at red tape is quixotic nonsense. We need regulation to survive The MP is wrong: rules are integral to democracies and stop us from returning to the squalor of the Britain that he romanticises
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023 Law firms that help rich and powerful to silence critics branded ‘attack dogs’ Members of the House of Lords have heaped fresh pressure on the Government to tackle so-called Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Daily Record · Feb 9, 2023 Corsock potter named Maker of the Year at the UK Heritage Crafts Awards Hannah McAndrew received the accolade at the House of Lords in London
Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2023 Church of England to discuss same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage has been legal for 10 years in England and Wales, but the state church does not allow its ministers to marry same-sex couples
The National (Scotland) · Feb 8, 2023 Unelected Lords guzzled 300 bottles of bubbly and wine as economy tanked UNELECTED Lords have guzzled more than 300 bottles of bubbly and wine since the Tories crashed the economy last year.