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Watch: James Cleverly gives evidence on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland

James Cleverly gave evidence to a House of Lords committee on Tuesday (16 May) on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury’s attack on illegal migration bill ‘wrong on both counts’, says minister – as it happened

Justin Welby says bill is ‘morally unacceptable’ and rules on protection of refugees are not ‘inconvenient obstructions’

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on House of Lords reform: an irresistible case

Editorial: Britain’s upper house is too big, unworthily appointed, and does not work. Reform has become inevitable, whether the political parties like it or not

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Martin Lewis admits why he won't be re-applying to join the House of Lords after being turned down

The consumer champ was rejected last year as he could not commit enough time

Manchester Evening News

Water firms focused on returns at expense of environment, say peers

Lords committee criticises Ofwat for failing to ensure firms invested enough in sewage network

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak could face huge spat as Boris Johnson nominates Daily Mail chief for peerage

The shamed former Prime Minister is reportedly sticking to his guns over Daily Mail boss Paul Dacre being on his resignation honours list - the second time he's been nominated for a peerage.

Daily Mirror

Ministers are staging another Brexit coup – and only the House of Lords can save us

The retained EU law bill is an outrageously undemocratic attempt to transfer law-making powers from parliament to Whitehall, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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.

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Long delay to guarantee tips for hospitality staff ‘crazy’, Government told

It was pointed out far more divisive proposals would become law sooner.

Glasgow Live

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.

Edinburgh Live

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.

Daily Record

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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

The National (Scotland)

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…

Edinburgh Live

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

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

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

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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

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