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    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      UK employment
      UK labour shortages are ‘shape of things to come’, lords warn

      Post-pandemic rise in economic inactivity due to early retirement is unique to Britain but likely to persist, committee concludes

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Michelle Mone
      Michelle Mone steps back from Lords after PPE contract claims

      Tory peer takes leave of absence ‘to clear her name’ after allegations she benefited from Covid VIP procurement lanes

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Labour moots ‘biggest’ transfer of power from Westminster

      Proposals by former PM Gordon Brown include scrapping Lords and moving 50,000 civil servants out of London

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      Labour Party UK
      Labour to set out plans for devolving UK economic powers

      Starmer outlines proposals for local growth ‘clusters’ but makes no commitment on Lords overhaul in a first term

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
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      L&G defends risk management and blames mini-Budget for LDI crisis

      Insurer’s chair and chief executive tell House of Lords bond sell-off ‘caught us all by surprise’

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Labour explores replacing House of Lords with elected chamber

      Reform proposals will be set out in 2024 election manifesto

    • Saturday, 12 November, 2022
      Financial fraud
      UK peers call for new criminal offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’

      Big Tech and telecoms companies are not doing enough to fight online crime, says report

    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Climate change
      UK to miss net zero target without lifestyle changes, say peers

      Government climate plan places ‘too great a reliance on undeveloped technologies’

    • Monday, 12 September, 2022
      King Charles III
      King Charles vows to uphold ‘precious principles’ of UK democracy

      Monarch addresses MPs and peers in Westminster ceremony that highlights constrained role

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Johnson to increase House of Lords numbers despite downsizing pledge

      PM inherited plan from Theresa May to cut peers from 800 to 600 and promised to implement it

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
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      Tory MPs attack Johnson over plan to rip up N Ireland Brexit deal

      Legislation giving ministers sweeping powers faces opposition from backbenchers, peers and business

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
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      Ministers resist Labour calls to release Lebedev security advice

      Details on Russian-born businessman’s nomination for peerage to remain secret

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      UK Government
      Vetting advice on peerage for Lebedev to be published

      MPs force government to disclose guidance on Russian’s nomination for Lords in light of intervention by Boris Johnson

    • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
      UK foreign policy
      Foreign secretary admits UK has been ‘slower’ on Russian sanctions

      Liz Truss blames Lords for making relevant post-Brexit legislation more ‘onerous’ as MPs pass economic crimes bill

    • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
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      Starmer calls for referral of Johnson’s peerage nomination for Russian businessman

      Labour leader urges probe after report UK prime minister backed Evgeny Lebedev for seat in House of Lords despite initial security concerns

    • Monday, 28 February, 2022
      UK immigration
      No 10 urged to scrap UK borders bill as fears grow for fleeing Ukrainians

      Conservative peer heightens criticism ahead of Lords debate on legislation aimed at deterring illegal migration

    • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
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      House of Lords warns Bank of England on risks of state-backed digital currency

      Peers’ report flags ‘far-reaching consequences’ of central bank competing with commercial lenders

    • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
      FT Magazine
      Arcane, hereditary, all-male — and at the heart of British democracy

      How a small blue-blooded band of peers clings on to power in the House of Lords

    • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
      State pension triple lock
      Lords defeat government over change to UK state pension uplift

      Peers vote to keep ‘triple lock’ despite extra £5bn cost to Treasury, but move faces reversal in Commons

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
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      Government in U-turn on dumping sewage in English rivers

      Ministers reverse opposition to bid to place legal duty on water companies to prevent harm from storm overflows

    • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
      Sebastian Payne
      Abolish the House of Lords to fix England’s democratic deficit

      A new chamber that gives local mayors a voice in Westminster is the best way to level up England

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      The Big Read
      The David Cameron scandal: just how sleazy is British politics?

      While the UK’s record on corruption is good, many recent abuses have been hiding in plain sight

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    • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
      Pensions industry
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      Industry and trustees warned that proposals on investing in lower-risk assets would have led to scheme closures

    • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
      Brexit
      Boris Johnson hails ‘new chapter’ in EU relations as Brexit deal approved

      British prime minister secures majority of 448 for EU-UK treaty after parliamentary debate lasting just hours

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