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The House of Lords has voted to stop under 16s using social media – what happens now?

The House of Lords has voted, by a significant margin of 261 to 150, to prevent children under 16 in the UK from using social media platforms.

The Conversation

If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber

With filibustering slowing the pace to a crawl, there is no chance the legislation will get through – unless the government shows some backbone, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords

Exclusive: Legislation thought unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after delay tactics by opponents

The Guardian - UK

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Social media ban for under-16s backed by Lords

Peers voted 261 to 150, majority 111, in support of Lord Nash’s amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Evening Standard

Hugh Grant and Esther Ghey sign letter backing under-16s social media ban in UK

Actor and mother of Brianna Ghey among signatories of letter to three party leaders ahead of Lords vote

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs rebel over Chagos Islands deal following Trump criticism

The government has been urged to “pause” a deal which would hand Mauritius sovereignty of the Islands

The Independent UK

Government to hold consultation on Australian-style under-16s social media ban

Ministers will visit Australia as part of the consultation.

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Plans to limit jury trials in England and Wales may be watered down after backlash

Exclusive: David Lammy’s proposals could be altered to avoid fight in Lords after criticism from MPs, peers and lawyers

The Guardian - UK

Chagossans ‘very hopeful’ Starmer’s Chagos handover deal will be stopped on crunch day for treaty

Exclusive: Louis Misley Mandarin, the interim first minister of the Chagossian government in exile, spoke to The Independent ahead of the Lords voting on the deal with Mauritius and a high court verdict on a legal challenge on Monday

The Independent UK

Assisted deaths should be decided by the courts, top barrister says

Lord Carlile of Berriew said a court-based process would ‘provide confidence-inspiring judgment in this important and difficult new area of the law’.

Evening Standard

Treasury has ‘limited grasp’ of concerns over booming shadow banking sector, peers say

Report says officials seem unprepared for potential risks that unregulated industry poses to UK financial stability

The Guardian - UK

Bill for peers to debate assisted dying could reach nearly £2m, analysis shows

Analysis of money claimed by peers for debating assisted dying in September shows that nearly £2m could be spent on allowances by May.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill debate could cost taxpayers almost £2m

Campaigners say if the debate results in a ‘safe, compassionate choice at the end of life’ then it will be ‘worth every penny’

The Independent UK

Huge blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as Chagos Islands deal hammered by Lords

Controversial deal suffers series of defeats at the hands of peers

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The Guardian - UK

‘We will grind you down’: how rogue peers became Labour’s toughest opponents

As Labour seeks abolition of hereditary peers, Tory-dominated House of Lords has inflicted near-record number of defeats on No 10

The Guardian - UK

‘We have to go’: longest-serving lord reflects on looming Labour eviction

Hereditary peer David Trefgarne will be forced to end 64 years in House of Lords when reform bill is approved

The Independent UK

Top Conservative peer urges Starmer to give Reform seats in House of Lords

Reform’s success means their view ‘should be heard in the upper chamber as well’, says Lord True

The Independent UK

Ageing society will have ‘serious consequences’ for young people, government warned

Over a quarter of the UK is expected to be aged over 65 by the 2070s

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The Guardian - UK

Young people will suffer most from UK’s ageing population, Lords say

House of Lords report says tools such as raising pension age and increasing immigration will not be adequate

The Guardian - UK

PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation

PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic

Evening Standard

'London is a cycling Wild West': Lycra louts are flouting law in front of police, Lords told

Bikers on pavements in the capital have made them potentially as dangerous as the roads, says a former minister

The Independent UK

Starmer hails Labour’s flagship Employment Rights Bill after climbdown by peers means it is set to become law

Business secretary Peter Kyle praised the ‘landmark legislation’ that will ‘drag Britain's outdated employment laws into the 21st century’

TechRadar

UK MPs target VPNs in latest Online Safety Act debate

The debate around age verification and VPNs heats up as MPs confirm their commitment to review the role these providers should have in preventing their service from being misused to evade the law.

The Guardian - UK

The big quarrels over the workers’ rights bill have barely started

Many critical details have been deliberately left to be resolved in secondary legislation – including the introduction of guaranteed hours contracts

Evening Standard

Stronger mental capacity assessments could be added to assisted dying Bill

Peers were urged to make more progress on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during the final debate of the year on the legislation.

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