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Call to allow peers to stay on Thames barge near Parliament amid concern over London hotel prices

Labour’s Lord Foulkes of Cumnock claims ‘escalating’ hotel costs are ‘using up all’ of peers’ tax-free allowances

Evening Standard

Call to allow peers to stay on barge amid concern over London hotel prices

Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth said he will inform the Port of London Authority of the suggestion.

The Independent UK

Can Westminster really 'sanction' Scotland? A legal expert explains

The House of Lords - in current focus because of the questionable system of patronage given to Prime Ministers disgraced or otherwise - yesterday…

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‘Worrying’ to have civil servants working on break-up of UK, says mandarin

Unionists have objected to the creation of an independence minister in the Scottish Government, saying the constitution is a reserved matter.

The Independent UK

Scottish Green ministers accused of hypocrisy over use of chauffeur-driven cars

Labour peer Lord Foulkes of Cumnock has accused Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater of being hypocrites.

The Independent UK

Scottish Government independence spending being probed, email shows after denial

Advocate General Lord Stewart told Lord Foulkes he has tasked his officials ‘with examining the matter’.

The Independent UK

UPDATE: Scottish Government independence spending 'being probed'

Yesterday, a Westminster official stated that it is up to Holyrood how it spends the block grant in devolved areas

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No investigation into Scottish Government independence spending

Scottish Labour peer Lord Foulkes claimed the Advocate General for Scotland was investigating at his request.

The Independent UK

Labour peer asks to be on Boris Johnson’s jury if ex-prime minister faces trial

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock’s question to justice minister Lord Bellamy sparked laughter across the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

Ukraine vigil with Helen Mirren celebrates new Kyiv Road in London

Kyiv Road is coming to London and we were at Trafalgar Square last night to hear the news. At a vigil arranged by the US Embassy and Westminster Council to mark the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and actor Dame Helen Mirren, right, formed an…

Evening Standard

Lord Lebedev ‘never turns up’ and should be removed from Lords, peer says

A peer appointed by Boris Johnson should have his peerage revoked as he rarely attends the House of Lords, it has been claimed.

The Independent UK

Fast-tracked law change to allow Anne and Edward to deputise for King

The Counsellors of State Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords just a day after the monarch made a formal request.

The Independent UK

Fifa urged to tighten rules on money super-agents make from transfers

Fifa should tighten its proposed rules on intermediaries to limit the money made by super-agents, the influential Council of Europe will be told

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