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House of Lords plans fail to tackle overmighty government

Letters: David Kauders argues for a people’s council, Les Bright hopes fiscal concerns do not slow reform and David Milton proposes giving peerages to the highest bidder

The Guardian - UK

I sit in the House of Lords – and here’s why getting rid of 92 hereditary peers won’t fix it

Only a fully elected second chamber will give us true democracy, says Green party peer Jenny Jones

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson met with uranium lobbyist connected to new business partner while he was prime minister

The Independent revealed that Johnson gave a top job at energy consultancy firm to former aide Charlotte Owen

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Boris Johnson firm gives Charlotte Owen top job after ex-PM made her UK’s youngest peer

Exclusive: Charlotte Owen has been made vice-president of green consultancy company Better Earth, whose co-chair is the former prime minister

The Independent UK

Baroness Owen to introduce law change aimed at criminalising deepfake creation

Lady Owen has led calls about the rise in deepfake nude images generated by artificial intelligence.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the House of Lords: ending inherited power is the right thing to do

Editorial: It has taken a few hundred years for British politics to rid itself of the hereditary principle. Better late than never

The Guardian - UK

Anti-monarchy campaigners call on Lords reform to extend to royals

ANTI-MONARCHY campaigners have welcomed the introduction of a bill to scrap hereditary peers from the House of Lords but have called on reform to…

The National (Scotland)

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Remaining hereditary peers to be kicked out of House of Lords within months

The government committed before the general election to abolish the right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords

The Independent UK

UK Government set to bring in bill to remove hereditary peers from Lords

THE UK Government will begin the process of removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, as it introduces legislation to reform the upper…

The National (Scotland)

UK Govt Moves To Oust Hereditary Peers From Upper House

The UK government on Thursday introduces legislation to axe seats in the House of Lords retained for hereditary lawmakers as it moves to reform parliament's unelected upper chamber.

International Business Times

Ministers introduce plans to remove all hereditary peers from Lords

Government’s bill would prevent the 92 remaining peers who inherited their titles from sitting in upper chamber

The Guardian - UK

“How Dare I Miss A Train”: Paralympian Faces Cruel Backlash After Train Incident

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Sylvester McCoy is 81 today

Amy Adams, actor, 50Leonard Barden, chess player and writer, 95Jamie Cullum, jazz musician, 45Lord (Nigel) Dodds of Duncairn, former Democratic Unionist MP, 66John Emburey, cricketer, 72Dame Anne Evans, soprano, 83Sir Roger Gale, Conservative MP, 81Alan Lee, book illustrator and film designer, 77Lord (Gus) Macdonald, former Labour minister, 84Tom Mangold, broadcaster,…

The Guardian - UK

Your questions on proportional representation answered – from regional assemblies to referendums

Political columnist Andrew Grice takes on your queries as the debate on electoral reform hots up following last month’s election results

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Proportional representation? The House of Lords is the best place to start

Letters: Former Labour MP Liz McInnes says a House of Lords elected by PR would address the democratic deficit at the heart of government. Plus a letter from Rosanne Bostock

The Independent UK

Peer accused of Islamophobia after claiming ‘radicals will take us over through power of the womb’

Exclusive: Leading Muslim groups are lodging official complaints to the House of Lords about Lord Pearson of Rannoch’s speech

The National (Scotland)

Scottish lords cost millions – yet some work fewer than one day in 10

SCOTTISH members of the House of Lords cost the taxpayer nearly £10 million over the last five years, The Ferret can reveal...

The Guardian - UK

Nato members, IT woes, and more than a little Liz Truss – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Labour delays proposals to ban oppressive Slapps lawsuits

Labour justice minister in Lords says there is ‘need to protect access to justice’ for legitimate claims

The Conversation

Why a House of Lords private member’s bill on assisted dying is one to watch this week

Charlie Falconer, Labour peer and former lord chancellor, is to introduce a private member’s bill into the House of Lords on July 26 to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. It is currently illegal in these parts of the UK to help someone to end their life. The introduction…

The Guardian - UK

Eluned Morgan ‘really proud’ to become first female Welsh leader

Morgan was only candidate to put herself forward to replace Vaughan Gething as Welsh Labour leader

The Guardian - UK

Who is Eluned Morgan, Wales’s likely next first minister?

Expected to be the only candidate to lead Welsh Labour, she will have to use her experience to unite her party

The Guardian - UK

Labour urged to follow through on Tories’ promised £100m gambling levy

Campaigners write to Keir Starmer saying delay in implementing industry reforms will cost lives

The National (Scotland)

Clive Lewis on a future UK republic and the right of Scots to choose independence

THE Labour MP Clive Lewis has said that he would like to see progress on outlining democratic routes to a UK republic and an independent…

The Guardian - UK

The last of the hereditary peers in the House of Lords

The Labour government has plans to end their ‘outdated and indefensible’ lawmaking position in the upper house

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