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The UK just passed an online safety law that could make people less safe

The UK’s long-debated online safety bill (OSB) has been approved by the House of Lords, clearing the way for it to become law. But it has pitted the government, which proposed the bill, against tech companies that provide secure messaging services. Critics say it will allow authorities in the UK…

The Conversation

'Outrage' as hereditary peers elected to Lords on just 23 votes and 75 words

THE appointment of new two hereditary peers on just 23 votes shows the “democratic outrage” of the House of Lords, an SNP MP has said.

The National (Scotland)

Report details how Scottish peers 'fail to represent Scotland at every level'

THE Scottish peers in the House of Lords “would struggle to be less representative” of the population north of the Border, according to new…

The National (Scotland)

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SNP MP’s report calls for House of Lords to be abolished

The report said Scotland had 78 peers currently sitting in the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

OPINION - UK government clashes with Meta: Tech and Science Daily podcast

The controversial Online Safety Bill has passed its last parliamentary hurdle in the House of Lords, meaning it will finally become law after years of delay.

Evening Standard

Legislation to tame the online ‘Wild West’ clears Parliament

The Online Safety Bill completed its final stages in the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

Eleven peers have not sat in Lords for at least a year after failing to take oath to king

Ex-supreme court president among those whose failure to take oath means they cannot sit or vote in second chamber

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SNP MP accuses peers of 'thwarting' trophy hunting bill with time-wasting tactics

SNP MP Martyn Day has condemned pro-hunting “unelected peers” in the House of Lords for “thwarting” the Hunting Trophies Bill.

The National (Scotland)

Labour to vote against ‘reckless’ plan to scrap housebuilding pollution rules

The Opposition party argued there are better ways to build new homes than ‘green lighting water pollution’.

The Independent UK

Labour accused of blocking plans to boost housebuilding

Minister Michael Gove said the Opposition party is ‘seeking to end the dream of homeownership for thousands of families by playing politics’.

The Independent UK

Culture Secretary to be questioned by Lords about lawsuits against journalists

Lucy Frazer will be quizzed on action being taken to protect journalists and others from lawfare to silence critics.

The Independent UK

Social media platforms to face £18m fines for publishing animal cruelty content

In a change to the online safety bill, tech firms will have to proactively prevent material that facilitates animal torture from being posted

The Guardian - UK

Use legislation to block Liz Truss resignation honours, Labour says

This week marks a year since Ms Truss began her short stint as prime minister.

The Independent UK

Lord Elton obituary

Conservative politician who headed the 1988 inquiry into school discipline and steered the legislation to abolish the GLC through the Lords

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Labour reshuffle: First pictures of Keir Starmer’s new shadow cabinet revealed after shake-up

The Labour leader has changed his top team

The Independent UK

Victims’ images projected on Parliament as Government urged to scrap legacy Bill

The controversial legislation is set to return to Parliament this week.

Al Jazeera

UK’s controversial Northern Ireland ‘legacy’ Bill: All you need to know

The bill, which aims to reconcile the Troubles era legacy issues, would offer a conditional amnesty to accused killers.

Evening Standard

Full list of names in the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet

The cabinet has gone through a lot of changes in the past year

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Evening Standard

From Mitch McConnell to Joe Biden: are US politicians older than in the UK?

Are US politicians so much older? Should there be an upper-age limit in the UK?

The Independent UK

Labour peer Alan Haworth dies on Iceland holiday with wife

He was a secretary of the parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 2004, then a member of the House of Lords.

Evening Standard

Who is on Liz Truss’s resignation honours list and how does the system work?

The former prime minister was in office for just few weeks

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Liz Truss’s resignation honours: this list of shame

Editorial: The former prime minister should not be allowed to recommend new peers or give gongs to those involved in her catastrophic time in No 10

The National (Scotland)

Tories and Labour stuffing Lords with political donors, research finds

THE Tories and Labour have been “stuffing” the unelected House of Lords with donors, new analysis has revealed.

The Guardian - UK

Hold your nerve on Lords reform, Keir Starmer, or we’ll never see the back of Boris Johnson’s cronies

If Labour’s leader only targets hereditary peers, the likes of Charlotte Owen and others who shouldn’t even be there will survive, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The National (Scotland)

The Tory donors with links to fossil fuel interests and climate denial - see the list

THE Conservatives have received millions of pounds in donations from climate deniers and those with interests in the fossil fuel industry ahead of…

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