Etichetta: Lords
ICC sentences Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army leader to 25 anni
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The international criminal court has sentenced a former militia leader and child soldier from Uganda to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a landmark judgment. L...
The God Committee review – Kelsey Grammer lords it in organ-donation drama
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There’s something about organ-transplant movies that encourages sentimentality and wishy-washy melodrama; looking back to movies such as Return to Me or Seven Pounds or My Sister’s Keeper. But this one promises a more...
Rivelato: dearth of speeches from ex-Tory treasurers in the Lords
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Most of the former Conservative party treasurers elevated to the House of Lords in the last 25 years have made very few spoken contributions once there, Guardian analysis has found. One former treasurer, Philip Harris...
The party interests that have stalled Lords reform
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John Harris is obviously right (The Lords is a scandal in plain sight. If we won’t abolish it now, then when?, 15 novembre), but he overlooks a revealing episode in the saga of failed attempts at modernisation. MPs g...
Sort out housebuilding obstacles or miss target, Lords warn UK government
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Britain faces a housing crisis in the wake of the pandemic as confusion about planning rules and shortages of staff undermine government targets to build 300,000 homes a year, according to a House of Lords committee. ...
Lords watchdog assesses complaint against Michelle Mone over PPE firm
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The House of Lords commissioners for standards are considering a complaint against the Conservative peer Michelle Mone, relating to the PPE business awarded £203m government contracts after she referred it to the Cabi...
Lords watchdog launches inquiry into Michelle Mone over ‘VIP lane’ contract
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The House of Lords commissioner for standards has launched an investigation into the Conservative peer Michelle Mone, relating to the PPE company awarded £203m government contracts via the “VIP lane” after she referre...
Curbs on ‘noisy protests’ may return to Commons after Lords defeat
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Controversial measures including police powers to stop noisy protests could be brought back to the Commons by the government after a series of late-night defeats in the Lords, the justice secretary, Domenico Raab, ha ...
Lords criticise plans to remove UK citizenship without warning
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Plans to strip people of British citizenship without prior warning are against British values and would render people from ethnic minorities second-class citizens, senior peers have warned. Clause 9 of the nationality...
Lords reject clause in bill criminalising refugees who arrive by irregular route
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Boris Johnson’s nationality and borders bill has suffered four defeats in the House of Lords, including the removal of a crucial plank of the government’s immigration strategy that would have criminalised refugees who...
Lords watchdog investigates Earl of Shrewsbury over financial rules
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The House of Lords commissioners for standards have launched an investigation into a second Conservative peer for allegedly breaching the rules against peers profiting financially from their membership of the Lords. T ...
Lords standards watchdog investigates Tory peer over ‘VIP’ PPE contracts
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The House of Lords standards commissioner has launched an investigation into a Conservative peer for potentially breaching financial conduct rules, relating to the award of £50m of government contracts for supplying P...
Questions raised about Lords standards rules after Tory peer cleared of lobbying
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Labour has called for a review of the Lords conduct rules after the Conservative peer Lord Chadlington was cleared of lobbying for £50m Covid contracts awarded to a company in which he had a financial interest. The Lo...