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Sue Gray urges caution over Civil Service cuts while hitting out at insults
Officials are central to the Labour administration’s mission to realise economic growth, the Labour peer said in her maiden speech.
By
Nick Lester
27 Mar 2025
UK
Archbishop of York ‘healed’ Queen’s Bentley
The senior clergyman recounts how the monarch’s vehicle fired up after he performed ‘a large sign of the cross’, earning royal praise.
By
Nick Lester
10 Sept 2022
UK
Queen helped Lord Blunkett ‘shift round’ when he faced wrong way at ceremony
The blind peer recounted how he went awry during his induction as a member of the Privy Council
By
Nick Lester
9 Sept 2022
Politics
UK ‘not looking the other way’ over detention of campaigning Sikh blogger
Tory frontbencher Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon said progress is being made in the case of Jagtar Singh Johal.
By
Nick Lester
8 Sept 2022
UK
Heckling as Northern Ireland Protocol Bill introduced to House of Lords
Some peers shouted ‘not content’ for the Bill’s first reading.
By
Nick Lester
21 Jul 2022
UK
SNP government illegally using taxpayers’ money in bid to break up UK – peer
A Tory frontbencher uses lines from the national poet Robert Burns to brand the SNP argument for independence as ‘thin gruel’.
By
Nick Lester
20 Jul 2022
UK
Priti Patel ‘silent on scandal’ of adviser role for accused ex-police chief
Mike Veale has been living ‘the life of Riley on £100,000 a year’, Parliament has been told.
By
Nick Lester
18 Jul 2022
UK
250th anniversary of US War of Independence ‘chance to lift haggis ban’
The traditional Scottish dish has been prohibited by the US since 1971 as it contains sheep lungs.
By
Nick Lester
14 Jul 2022
UK
Talks offer in Troubles amnesty row amid calls to ditch legislation
The contentious Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill has already been through the Commons and now heads to the Lords.
By
Nick Lester
14 Jul 2022
UK
Stormont should have dealt with Irish language legislation, says UK minister
There has been strong criticism by unionists at Westminster of the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill.
By
Nick Lester
6 Jul 2022
UK
Peer faced ‘litany of questions’ from 999 call handler as wife lay dying in arms
The renowned broadcaster and leading fertility expert Lord Winston says such a ‘waste of time’ is critical when seconds count
By
Nick Lester
4 Jul 2022
UK
Granting abortion powers in Northern Ireland ‘constitutional sabotage’
It is ‘unacceptable’ there are women and girls unable to access services due to a political impasse at Stormont, Parliament is told
By
Nick Lester
21 Jun 2022
UK
Offence trigger warnings for Hansard spark criticism amid free speech fears
Concerns are raised at Westminster over the alert feature, with accusations it is ‘a clear breach of centuries of convention’.
By
Nick Lester
16 Jun 2022
UK
Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham takes seat in House of Lords
The cleric becomes a member of the Lords Spiritual who have 26 places reserved in the unelected house.
By
Nick Lester
13 Jun 2022
UK
Lord Frost hits out at ‘unconstructive’ EU over post-Brexit trade deal problems
The Tory peer argues it is obvious the Northern Ireland Protocol needs fixing as he backs moves to scrap parts of the deal
By
Nick Lester
18 May 2022
UK
Call in Parliament to block one of Chelsea bidders amid concerns
Labour former cabinet minister Lord Hain urged the Government to bar the Pagliuca Consortium from the race to snap up the Blues.
By
Nick Lester
31 Mar 2022
Politics
UK to expand Russia sanctions list as Economic Crime Bill fast-tracked
Royal assent was granted for the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act early on Tuesday
By
Nick Lester
15 Mar 2022
UK
Reverse Universal Credit cut ‘in name of humanity’, urges Tory grandee
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean highlighted the increased revenue Chancellor Rishi Sunak would net from rapidly rising fuel prices
By
Nick Lester
10 Mar 2022
UK
Government eyes action to prevent asset-flight in ‘dirty money’ crackdown
A Tory frontbencher acknowledges concerns that corrupt people must not be allowed to sell-up and escape scrutiny
By
Nick Lester
10 Mar 2022
UK
Lord Tebbit bids farewell to Parliament after more than half a century
The Conservative former cabinet minister, who served in Margaret Thatcher’s government, sat as both an MP and later as a peer
By
Nick Lester
9 Mar 2022
UK
Disabled peer condemns lack of help and says he ‘might as well have been dead’
Lord Shinkwin says the pain of his operation was compounded by his ‘appalling’ treatment in the House of Lords.
By
Nick Lester
3 Mar 2022
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