All news on the topic: House of Lords

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Joanna Lumley and Ricky Gervais blast Rishi Sunak on trophy hunting import delay
A string of stars have signed at letter to the Prime Minister urging him to deliver on the Tories' 2019 election manifesto, which promised a ban on trophy hunting imports
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House of Commons may lie empty for 20 years because of building's hidden problem
The Houses of Parliament faces a raft of urgent issues, including crumbling reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), asbestos, holes in the floor and leaking ceilings
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Tom Watson has one piece of advice for Labour leader Keir Starmer
The Labour grandee and peer defended 'cautious Keir' and offered him some advice on revealing his plans for power
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'HS2 mess is the perfect metaphor for 13 years of Tory failure'
Labour's Shadow Paymaster General says it's a complete joke that the Prime Minister is apparently going to scrap building the train line that the Tories have already spent £25 billion on
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Karren Brady hits out at 'screaming and shouting' MPs who 'lack respect'
The Apprentice star Karren Brady believes that many MPs who sit in the House of Commons lack respect for others which is having an effect on people taking up politics
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Campaigners blast 'time wasting' Tory peers as trophy hunting import ban stalls
Wildlife activists hit out at Conservative backbenchers who they accused of delaying progress in getting the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill into law
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Labour peer Lord Alan Haworth dies aged 75 during holiday in Iceland with wife
He was a secretary of the parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 2004, then became a member of the House of Lords
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Anger as trophy hunting law change at risk of being scrapped by peers
Campaigners warn that 'pro-hunting' members of the House of Lords could torpedo the Hunting Trophies Bill - which needs to pass by November in order to become law
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Tories refuse to ban Bully XL killer breed behind wave of horror dog attacks
American Bully XL dogs have killed at least nine people in the past two years including 10-year-old Jack Lis, who was mauled by an eight-stone dog named Beast, and 17-month-old Bella-Rae Birch
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Rishi Sunak finally blasts Nadine Dorries for failing to do her job as an MP
The angry Prime Minister accused her of not representing her constituents in Mid Bedfordshire after she announced she would resign but then failed to quit
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Black peer says he’s been mistaken for staff three times in House of Lords
Crossbencher Lord Woolley of Woodford, who is the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college, said he has been asked by other peers to help them with the photocopier
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Labour legends honour Margaret McDonagh who was essential force behind 1997 win
Labour's first female general secretary Margaret McDonagh was hailed by Keir Starmer who said she 'changed the lives of so many' as mourners gathered for her funeral in London
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Nuked blood: Test veterans told to search for their own missing medical records
Nuclear veterans whose blood records are mysteriously missing from records of Cold War radiation tests have been refused government help to find them
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Tory peer Shaun Bailey takes House of Lords seat despite Partygate police probe
The former London Mayor hopeful appeared in the House of Lords for the first time after being nominated for a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours
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Boris Johnson's crony resignation honours 'cast doubt on appointments process'
A cross-party committee of senior peers said former Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'showed no interest' in slashing the number of peers during his three years in office
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'Stop The Boats is only a slogan - not a solution'
Take Back Control has turned into Stop The Boats, the latest three-word slogan designed to grab the headlines. But like its predecessor it’s totally meaningless, Eva Simpson writes
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Cruel Tories vote to deny trafficking victims support despite Theresa May pleas
The former Prime Minister told MPs that Suella Braverman's callous Illegal Migration Bill would "consign more people to slavery" - but this wasn't enough to convince enough Tories to vote against the Government
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Tory admits he's 'ashamed' after minister orders Disney mural is painted over
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick ordered staff at an immigration detention centre in Dover, Kent, to paint over pictures of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, as well as cartoon favourites Tom and Jerry, because he felt they were too "welcoming"
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'Delay peer honour for Shaun Bailey until police investigation is complete'
Should Shaun Bailey enter the House of Lords and wrongdoing is subsequently exposed, it would be incredibly difficult to remove him. Even if he quit or was expelled, he would retain his title
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Labour launch last-ditch bid to stop Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey's peerage
Tory Lords bosses have been urged to step in and prevent the failed Mayoral candidate accepting a peerage within two weeks while police are probing his 'jingle and mingle' bash
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The World Talks: All you need to know about our most ambitious project yet
Over the past few weeks, 3,084 readers from all over the world have signed up for a chat with someone from a different country
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Ian Botham backs bid to free man convicted of stabbing love rival to death
Jason Moore was imprisoned for the 2005 stabbing of Robert Darby, but his family are appealing against the conviction
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'Count Binface is the best replacement for Boris Johnson in Uxbridge'
The Uxbridge by-election has a predictable parade of lunatic candidates, says Fleet Street Fox. Count Binface is not one of them
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Campaigners fear plot by peers to derail Trophy Hunting Bill in House of Lords
Opponents of the Mirror-backed legislation held a briefing in a Palace of Westminster committee room where they outlined why they believed the plan would not work
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'It's nigh on impossible to argue against free school meals'
'There are more than four million children in this country who grow up in poverty – just shy of a third of all kids, in every class of 30 there are nine - it’s an obscene statistic'