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Sunak is praying for the Lords to block the Rwanda bill – so he can blame the left

If that plane full of asylum seekers actually takes off, it is no longer the great distraction his government needs it to be, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Sunak pressures Lords to pass Rwanda bill and denies Tory split on issue

PM urges opposition peers to back deportation bill amid reports of Tories submitting no-confidence letters in PM

The Guardian - UK

UK’s Rwanda bill is a ‘step towards totalitarianism’, says Lord Carlile

Leading barrister signals House of Lords plans to revise bill, saying government is ‘elevating itself above the law’

The Guardian - UK

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The Rwanda bill passing could be just the start of Sunak’s troubles

Problems in the Lords, further legal challenges and the alienation of centrist MPs and voters may await the prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Champagne worth £90,000 bought in House of Lords last year, FoI data shows

Sales of 1,589 bottles prove Lords is ‘archaic and out of touch’ during cost of living crisis, says the SNP

The Guardian - UK

'Voters will be fizzing': Lords Champagne sales hit highest level for five years

CHAMPAGNE sales in bars in the House of Lords rose to the highest level for five years last year, with almost £90k worth of fizz sold in 2023.

The National (Scotland)

Row grows over Liz Truss ‘lettuce list’ honours for cronies

Former PM’s ‘shameless’ move compared to Harold Wilson’s ‘lavender list’ scandal – as Jacob Rees-Mogg makes desperate defence of ally

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Michelle Mone claims she has been treated like Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar over PPE scandal

Baroness Mone said it has been ‘an extremely tough year of pain with frozen accounts’ and asked ‘what happened to innocent until proven guilty?’

The Independent UK

Yes supporters should sit in House of Lords, former chief strategist says

YES supporters should take seats in the House of Lords in order to create “ambassadors for independence in the institutional heart of the UK”,…

The National (Scotland)

Independent readers call for Baroness Mone to be stripped of her title following PPE scandal

Have your say: Readers were almost unanimous in their calls to remove Baroness Mone from the House of Lords

The Independent UK

Charlotte Owen parties with Boris Johnson's wife

The former PM made Owen the youngest lift peer in history

Evening Standard

Outgoing Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford slams House of Lords: 'I don't want to become a peer'

The Welsh Labour leader criticised the unelected Upper House of Parliament as a 'democratic anachronism'

Evening Standard

Michelle Mone: inside the extraordinary rise and catastrophic fall of the 'lying baroness'

A firm linked to Michelle Mone has just been ordered to pay back nearly £122m after breaching PPE contracts. Katie Strick reports on her undoing

Evening Standard

Michael Gove reveals he has cooperated with criminal probe into Michelle Mone scandal

Gove says he wants to see ‘justice served’ – as Baroness Mone lashes out again at Tory ministers

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OPINION - Take away her title and ban her from the Lords, Michelle Mone is an embarrassment to us all

Baroness Mone. Pause, and let the words sink in. The blonde business titan who established the Ultimo bra brand — for which her own impressive embonpoint was the best advertisement — would not once have been an obvious candidate for the Lords. But it says a good deal about the…

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries wades into Michelle Mone row: ‘Why was she made a peer in the first place?’

Ms Dorries, who quit as an MP in protest at her own failure to secure a peerage, said the biggest question about Baroness Mone was ‘why she was made a peer at all’

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone and ministers trade claims over her hidden links to PPE deals

Disgraced Tory peer says government always knew of involvement in Covid contracts as calls mount for her to stay away from Lords

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Labour rules out immediately packing Lords with party peers after election

Party’s leader in the Lords dismisses idea that Keir Starmer would rush through dozens of appointments

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‘They all knew’: Michelle Mone hits out at Rishi Sunak over PPE deals

Former Tory peer says government was aware of her involvement in PPE Medpro ‘from the very beginning’

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone hits out at Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove amid PPE scandal

MICHELLE Mone has attacked both Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove as questions around her involvement with Covid contracts awarded to her husband’s…

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone no longer a member of the Conservative Party

MICHELLE Mone is no longer a member of the Conservative Party, reports say.

The Independent UK

Should Michelle Mone be expelled from the House of Lords following PPE scandal? Join The Independent Debate

Despite the backlash, the defiant peer insists she ‘can’t see’ what was wrong with her actions - have your say

The Independent UK

Michelle Mone hits back at Rishi Sunak: Ministers knew all along about my involvement with PPE firm

Baroness Mone claims key departments knew about her links to PPE Medpro ‘from the beginning’ after the PM said he was taking allegations against her ‘very seriously’

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak taking Michelle Mone case ‘incredibly seriously’

PM’s comments come as Labour calls for Commons statement about Tory peer who admits lying to media over links to PPE firm

Evening Standard

Baroness Mone hits back at Sunak over PPE scandal as Starmer urges Govt to 'come clean'

Baroness Michelle Mone insists ministers knew about her involvement as she faces calls to leave the House of Lords

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