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New bill targets domestic abusers and overhauls right to buy in England https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/31/bill-social-tenants-domestic-abuse-housing-right-to-buy #Housing #DomesticViolence #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #England #HouseOfLords #UkNews #Politics

Is the move to end hereditary peerage in the #HouseofLords a step towards more democratic representation?

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Is the move to end hereditary peerage in the #HouseofLords a step towards more democratic representation?

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England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/21/england-harvest-rainfall-water-usage-shortages-house-of-lords-report #Water #Drought #ClimateCrisis #HouseOfLords #Environment #UkNews #England

Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/assisted-dying-bill-ashley-dalton-health-minister-cancer #AssistedDying #HealthPolicy #Cancer #Law #UkNews #Labour #HouseOfLords #Politics #Health

This week, the last of the hereditary peers were expelled from the House of Lords. #JacobReesMogg reflects:

https://youtu.be/qbMJeJAj9Rk?si=R76cvodGmrzYhOVd

When you think about it, through the last 100 years, the #HouseOfLords has been moving towards the model of the Canadian Senate; odd really, given that most Canadians have nothing good to say about our Senate.

#Parliament #ukpol

#Starmer's ''reforms' have taken the UK's #HouseOfLords from 85% appointed cronies to 96% appointed #cronies. He ejected the 92 #HereditaryPeers, but kept the 26 bishops and about 700 cronies.

It's over a century since the Parliament Act 1911 promised the UK an elected upper house, but not "immediately". The number of elected members remains 0%. Zilch. Nada. Nothing.

96% appointed cronies. And they call it "democracy".

#ukpol #rotten #YCMTSU

“Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up.” Hang on a minute isn’t a #Labour prime minister supposed to be on the side of the workers? #Starmer #HouseOfLords

Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/30/keir-starmer-restores-powers-hereditary-peers-house-of-lords #LordsReform #HouseOfLords #KeirStarmer #Labour #Conservatives #London #Politics #UkNews #AnasSarwar #ScottishNationalPartySnp

UK braces for further leaks after more private health records appear on Chinese website https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/uk-data-leaks-alibaba-biobank-health-records #DataProtection #China #UkNews #Alibaba #PatrickVallance #HouseOfLords #Politics #IanMurray #AsiaPacific #Technology #WorldNews

Tuesday briefing: Can a deeply divided UK agree on an assisted dying bill? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/tuesday-briefing-can-a-deeply-divided-uk-agree-on-an-assisted-dying-bill #AssistedDying #Law #Society #HouseOfLords #UkNews #Politics #Disability #Ethics

Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules buffer should be ‘significantly larger’, say peers https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/rachel-reevess-fiscal-rules-buffer-should-be-significantly-larger-say-peers #Economics #RachelReeves #HouseOfLords #Business #EconomicPolicy #UkNews #TaxAndSpending #Politics

UK government move to delay social media ban faces pushback in Lords https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/26/uk-government-move-to-delay-social-media-ban-faces-pushback-in-lords #SocialMediaBan #HouseOfLords #SocialMedia #Politics #UkNews #Media

MPs vow to bring back assisted dying bill after ‘undemocratic’ Lords block https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/24/assisted-dying-bill-will-not-become-law-after-it-falls-in-the-house-of-lords #AssistedDying #Politics #England #Law #HouseOfLords #UkNews #Society #Wales

Congrats UK #HouseOfLords for blocking #AssistedDying Bill. 👍

I strongly support the principle of right to die, but I oppose legalisation without strong protection against #coercion. #KimLeadbeater's botched bill was opposed by every disability group. It's a scandal that her liberal supporters allowed this disgrace to pass the #HouseOfCommons.

I am unpersuaded that any safeguards could ever be adequate. But a #PrivateMembersBill will always be under-prepared.

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/assisted-dying

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‘Not democratic’: opponents and backers of assisted dying bill remain divided https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/24/not-democratic-opponents-and-backers-of-assisted-dying-bill-remain-divided #AssistedDying #England #Wales #UkNews #HouseOfLords

UK and EU close in on agricultural deal to reduce Brexit barriers https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/uk-eu-close-iagricultural-deal-brexit #Brexit #Fishing #TradePolicy #EuropeanUnion #Politics #Scotland #HouseOfLords #Europe #Farming #UkNews

Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/20/mobile-phones-statutory-ban-schools-england-bill-amendment #EducationPolicy #Schools #Education #MobilePhones #Labour #HouseOfLords #LiberalDemocrats #Conservatives #Law #Politics #UkNews

The #HouseofLords, often in the shadow of the Commons, asserted its power during the reigns of James I and Charles I. But it would be eclipsed by #civilwar.

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Porngraphy depicting sex acts between stepfamily members banned in UK https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/10/porngraphy-depicting-sex-acts-between-stepfamily-members-banned-in-uk #Pornography #Politics #UkNews #Society #HouseOfLords

#FrancisBacon died 400 years ago #OnThisDay

Lord Chancellor to #JamesI, how did the favourite fall prey to the growing power of the #HouseofLords?

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House of Lords back UK social media ban for under-16s again after Meta and YouTube verdict

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/house-lords-back-uk-social-33662169

House of Lords push for Australian-style social media ban for under-16s https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/26/social-media-ban-under-16s-uk-house-lords #SocialMediaBan #HouseOfLords #Labour #Politics #YoungPeople #SocialMediaBans #Society #InternetSafety #UkNews #Children

Evgeny Lebedev and Ian Botham have lowest Lords attendance, records show https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/22/evgeny-lebedev-ian-botham-lowest-lords-attendance-peers #HouseOfLords #IanBotham #EvgenyLebedev #Politics #LordsReform #UkNews

House of Lords has ‘signed its own death warrant’ by stalling assisted dying bill, says MP https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/20/house-of-lords-has-signed-its-own-death-warrant-by-stalling-assisted-dying-bill-says-mp #AssistedDying #Society #HouseOfLords #Politics #UkNews

Peers vote to back clause pardoning women convicted over illegal abortions https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/19/peers-vote-to-back-clause-pardoning-women-convicted-over-abortions #HouseOfLords #Abortion #UkCriminalJustice #Women #Politics #Health #Police #UkNews #Law

The House of Lords is clearly NOT being used as a revising chamber. This needs to be stamped on to enable proper legislation and appropriate safeguards put in place

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/assisted-dying-bill-labour-mps-starmer-letter

#AssistedDying #UkPol #Obstruction #Wrecking #HouseOfLords #AbolishTheHOL #DemocracyInaction

More than 100 Labour MPs call on PM to stop assisted dying bill being blocked https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/assisted-dying-bill-labour-mps-starmer-letter #AssistedDying #Labour #Law #Society #Health #KeirStarmer #HouseOfCommons #HouseOfLords #Politics #UkNews