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Resignation honours: what are they, why are they so controversial and can the system ever be changed?

Time for a quick quiz. What links Nadine Dorries, lockdown-rule-flouting London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and David Ross, a Tory donor embroiled in a scandal after funding a prime ministerial holiday to Mustique. If you answered, “They are all rumoured to appear on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list,” give yourself…

The Conversation

From cutting the grass at Levengrove to the House of Lords - Baron McFall's journey

John McFall, now Baron McFall of Alcluith, served as Dumbarton’s MP between 1987 and 2010, before moving into the House of Lords.

Daily Record

Sunak: Home Secretary and I working ‘day and night’ to tackle Channel crossings

The number of people at the Kent site was down to 1,147 as of 8am on Wednesday, Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth told the Lords.

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Government to make changes to controversial Northern Ireland legacy Bill

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is set to be debated in the House of Lords later this month.

The Independent UK

Who has Boris Johnson nominated for peerages?

Ex-PM has selected more than a dozen of his closest allies to head to the Lords. Here are some of the key figures

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs nominated for peerages to delay accepting them

Four MPs nominated by Boris Johnson will delay taking up seats in upper chamber to avoid triggering byelections

The Guardian - UK

Labour demands Sunak blocks Johnson’s ‘conveyor belt of cronies’ to the Lords

The former prime minister has asked multiple Conservative MPs to hold off on their peerage so they do not trigger by-elections.

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Cronyism, donors, wily MPs: Johnson’s honours glorify all that is wrong with his party

The scandals pile so high the Tories hope we can’t keep track of them. But outside the walls of Westminster, anger is mounting, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Peerage delay for Tory MPs is 'manipulation of democracy in its worst form'

REPORTS that Boris Johnson has asked four Tory MPs to delay taking up peerages so that the party can avoid losing by-elections is "manipulation…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson offers Lords seats for LIFE to young aides, MP pals and his holiday donor

Labour urged Rishi Sunak to block the Prime Minister rewarding cronies and a Tory donor - as he tries to dodge a by-election humiliation by letting four MPs DELAY taking up their seats

Daily Mirror

Failed London mayor candidate Shaun Bailey who broke lockdown rules up for Boris Johnson’s Lords list

Boris Johnson asked MPs he has nominated for peerages to delay taking them up so they do not trigger by-elections

Evening Standard

Alister Jack 'heading to the House of Lords' as Boris Johnson set to dish out peerages

Jack was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland in 2019 and was a dogged supporter of the former prime minister throughout the PartyGate scandal.

Daily Record

Lords due for reform, says minister as Johnson asks new peers to defer take-up

But Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride says it would be ‘very difficult’ to get political consensus on any possible shake-up.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson expected to hand peerages to 4 Tory MPs in resignation list OLD

Outgoing Cop26 president Alok Sharma reported to be among about 20 nominees – alongside very youthful aides

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Alister Jack and Nadine Dorries to be life peers on Boris Johnson's honours list

ALISTER Jack and Nadine Dorries are both to be given peerages by Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

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The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The Guardian - UK

Labour in bid to avert Northern Ireland power cuts as result of Brexit legislation

Exclusive: Peter Hain to table amendment in House of Lords to protect single energy market

The Guardian - UK

Peers called on to kill public order bill targeting climate activists

Petition signed by 300,000 people demands Home Office drops ‘attempt to overthrow democracy’

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg's Tory donor pal handed LIFE-long Lords seat for just 26 days in government

Dominic Johnson was brought into the Lords to serve as a Trade Minister - and can now keep his peerage for life, despite being dumped after just 26 days in office

The Guardian - UK

Tory peer apparently misled watchdog investigating his alleged misconduct

House of Lords watchdog has been examining Earl of Shrewsbury over his work for healthcare firm

ABC News

Australia's Indigenous cricketing history explored in new documentary and exhibition We Are One

Two Queensland women are shining a light on Australia's first international sporting team — an all-Indigenous cricket side — with audiences around the country.

The National (Scotland)

Support for independence to grow if UK 'whittles away' at Senedd, peers warn

MORE people in Wales may turn towards independence if Westminster continues to override the Senedd’s powers, ministers in the House of Lords…

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