NHS emergency care is ‘systemic national crisis’, warns House of Lords report Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged to convene Cobra meeting to address crisis Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023
Frost renews call to exclude medicines from Northern Ireland Brexit rules Industry figures warn of supply ‘cliff edge’ when new regulations come into effect in December The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023
Tory MP tables Bill to move House of Lords close to Strictly ballroom in Blackpool Tory former minister Paul Maynard introduced his Relocation of the House of Lords (Report to Parliament) Bill on Monday Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023
Tory MP tables Bill to move House of Lords close to Strictly ballroom Tory former minister Paul Maynard introduced his Relocation of the House of Lords (Report to Parliament) Bill on Monday. The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023
Police in England and Wales to get new powers to shut down protests before disruption begins Plans aimed at preventing tactics such as ‘slow marching’ part of Rishi Sunak’s public order crackdown The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023
Former Trade Union Congress boss joins Labour benches in House of Lords FORMER Trades Union Congress boss Frances O’Grady has taken her seat on the red benches in the House of Lords. The National (Scotland) · Jan 12, 2023
Mother’s plea: ‘Back Ella’s law to help save lives from toxic air’ MPs and ministers urged to make protection from pollution a human right Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2023
Plans for 'Great South West' to become UK’s green powerhouse launched at House of Lords Business leaders gathered at a special event in Westminster to hear how the £1.5m plans could help create tens of thousands of jobs and drive major investment into Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Somerset and Dorset Birmingham Post · Jan 12, 2023
‘Independent Scotland would donate peers to UK as parting gift,’ SNP MP jokes Perth and North Perthshire MP Pete Wishart made the irreverent suggestion as MPs debated reform of Westminster’s upper house. The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023
Brexiteer and former Tory chancellor retires from House of Lords TORY former chancellor Nigel Lawson has retired from the House of Lords, ending a parliamentary career after nearly five decades. The National (Scotland) · Jan 9, 2023
Tory ex-chancellor Nigel Lawson retires from Parliament after nearly 50 years He represented the former Leicestershire constituency of Blaby in the Commons from 1974 until he joined the House of Lords in 1992. The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
'Today is not like the 1980s, Rishi Sunak's bid to break the unions is wrong and will fail': Shipton Rishi Sunak’s bid to introduce new anti-union laws is doomed to failure, argues Political editor-at-large Martin Shipton Wales Online · Jan 5, 2023
Anger as Tories make hereditary peer a minister overseeing benefits at DWP RISHI Sunak’s Tories have been accused of showing “contempt for democracy” after they made a hereditary peer a minister in the Department… The National (Scotland) · Jan 2, 2023
Key questions about the House of Lords Letters: Conservative peer Timothy Kirkhope on what the upper house does well and how to ensure appointments to it are done on the right basis The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023
Daily Mirror · Jan 1, 2023 Michelle Mone's husband gifted Tories 'at least £171k' as Covid PPE row rumbles on Mone and husband Doug Barrowman allegedly benefited from multimillion-pound Covid PPE deal and three cash sums of £50,000 each and auction prizes were given to Tories by company linked to him
The National (Scotland) · Dec 26, 2022 Scots ‘should be affronted’ by UK loophole which lets Lords be MSPs BORIS Johnson sparked a mini constitutional crisis when he sought to use his resignation honours list to award peerages to sitting MPs such as…
The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022 Archbishop of Canterbury stands by criticism of Government migrant policy Justin Welby used a speech in the House of Lords to condemn the Government’s Rwanda plan.
Daily Mirror · Dec 22, 2022 '12 Reasons to be Cheerful this Christmas - from rescue hens to scrapping House of Lords' Paul Routledge is in fine voice, spreading some festive joy to readers with his 'Twelve Reasons to be Cheerful that My True Love Brings to Me...'
Daily Mirror · Dec 22, 2022 Big Issue founder pleads 'save family from homeless fate I suffered as child' The anti-poverty campaigner's family were turfed out of their home at Christmas in the 1950s - now, seven decades on, history looks set to repeat itself
The Conversation · Dec 22, 2022 From Queen Elizabeth to Sanna Marin, young women in politics have always faced prejudice Two prime ministers meeting to discuss relations between their countries is standard practice in international politics. But New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern and Finland’s Sanna Marin had to defend a recent summit after a reporter asked whether they met because they are both young, female leaders.
The National (Scotland) · Dec 21, 2022 House of Lords spends thousands in taxpayer cash 'playing medieval dress up' THE House of Lords spent thousands of pounds on upkeep of peers’ robes and other formal attire in the past 12 months.
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022 Ministers warned not to delay release of papers in PPE Medpro row MPs have been told the release of documents on coronavirus contracts awarded to PPE Medpro might have to wait for criminal investigations to end.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2022 Lords inquiry launched into Tory peer accused of bullying female journalist Rami Ranger alleged to have mounted campaign of harassment against reporter who investigated his links to an Indian guru
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022 Prue Leith recalls lobster disaster while cooking for Princess Margaret ‘I’d never seen a lobster in my life’, she revealed