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Bishops should lose guaranteed seats in House of Lords, MPs to hear

SNP MP Tommy Sheppard will say Anglican bishops should ‘get no special fast track’ to a place in Parliament.

The Independent UK

Shaun Bailey given official start date for House of Lords despite new Partygate police investigation

Tories urge ex-mayoral candidate to reconsider taking peerage

The Independent UK

How do people get appointed to the House of Lords and can it ever change? The process explained

The UK’s House of Lords has existed in one form or another since the 11th century, making it one of the oldest political institutions in the world.

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Abolish the House of Lords – and quickly

Our upper chamber has become a national embarrassment. Why not fill it with representatives from local councils?

The Guardian - UK

UK government allowing ‘millions to fall behind’ due to digital exclusion

As a House of Lords committee finds significant numbers lack means and skills to get online we meet some of them

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer plans to stuff House of Lords with Labour peers

Labour leader wants to make sure he ‘gets programme through’, says party’s Lords chief

The Independent UK

£342 a day and an average age of 70: Welcome to the House of Lords

IT’S a place where you can be paid £342 a day, more than half of your colleagues are over the age of 70 and the longest serving has clocked up an…

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Nadine Dorries brands Rishi Sunak ‘privileged posh boy’ who ‘cruelly’ blocked peerage

The former culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist lashed out at both Rishi Sunak and political aide James Forsyth in an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries brands Rishi Sunak ‘privileged posh boy’ who ‘cruelly’ blocked peerage

The former culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist lashed out at both Rishi Sunak and political aide James Forsyth in an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries blasts Rishi Sunak and top aide as 'privileged posh boys'

The furious ex-Cabinet Minister launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister in the latest twist in the bitter row over Boris Johnson's resignation honours

Daily Mirror

No ‘posh boys barrier’ to the Lords, ex-leader William Hague tells Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries claimed she was ‘bullied’ by No 10 and accused ‘posh boy’ Rishi Sunak of blocking peerage

Evening Standard

Dorries says she was ‘bullied’ by No 10 and accuses Sunak of blocking peerage - old

The former culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist denied ‘knifing the party’ by triggering a by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire seat.

The Independent UK

Johnson accuses Sunak of ‘talking rubbish’ as rancour becomes slanging match

The Prime Minister had accused his predecessor of asking him to overrule a vetting panel over his House of Lords nominations.

The Independent UK

What the papers say – June 6

Rishi Sunak has indicated he is willing to defy the House of Lords and force his proposed migrants law through Parliament.

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Sabrina Elba supports campaign against FGM, saying she has a ‘moral duty’

London-based charity The Vavengers presented the FGM/C healthcare inequalities report to the chief nursing officer for England on Monday.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak faces three by-elections after Boris Johnson sends Tory MPs to House of Lords

Mr Johnson’s resignation honours list features Alister Jack, Nadine Dorries, Nigel Adams and Alok Sharma

The Independent UK

Parliamentary schedule for Wednesday May 17

Parliamentary schedule for Wednesday May 17We will be covering the House of Commons and House of Lords throughout the day.All timings are approximate and subject to business.House of Commons:1130 Scotland questions1200 Prime Minister’s Question Time1245 A 10-minute rule motion on Artificial Intelligence (Regulation and Workers’ Rights)1300 Digital Markets, Competition and…

The Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - 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

Manchester Evening News

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

The Independent UK

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.

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