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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

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

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

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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

Evening Standard

‘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 Guardian - 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

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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

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

'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

Evening Standard

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’

The Independent UK

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.

TechRadar

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

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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.

TechRadar

UK Lords propose ban on VPNs for children

UK politicians table amendment that would ban VPNs for children but its future is uncertain.

The Independent UK

Peers accused of ‘heartless’ tactics to ‘sabotage’ assisted dying bill

Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the assisted dying bill, has hit out at peers for tabling more than 1,000 amendments in what she believes is a bid to talk it out before it can become law

Evening Standard

Peers told not to sabotage assisted dying Bill with ‘unnecessary’ amendments

The House of Lords has been accused of time-wasting, having tabled more than 1,000 amendments to the Bill.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Cruel’ amendments being used to thwart assisted dying bill, says lead MP

Kim Leadbeater warns 1,150 Lords amendments are ‘unnecessary’ and designed to run down the clock

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s new peerages: another boost for the ermine arms race

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer promised to bring meaningful reform to the House of Lords. He is failing to introduce it

The Guardian - UK

What is happening to the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords?

Peers have submitted an extraordinary number of amendments, slowing its progress and raising risk of failure

The Guardian - UK

House of Lords’ block on assisted dying bill is a big risk

Letter: Defying the will of the House of Commons will increase calls for radical reform of the upper house sooner rather than later, say the MPs Nia Griffith, Justin Madders and Debbie Abrahams

The Guardian - UK

Senior opponents of assisted dying bill urge Lords not to deliberately block it

Letter says there is danger of Lords losing legitimacy as more than 1,000 amendments tabled, delaying any vote

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street vows to force employment rights bill through Lords

No more concessions, says minister after legislation was thwarted in upper house despite manifesto climbdown

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: No 10 brushes off claims Streeting’s criticism of ‘technocratic approach’ refers to Starmer –as it happened

Health secretary admitted to being ‘frustrated’ with approach to governing in interview

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