Travellers to the UK issued £16 warning as government plans price hike on new scheme
Less than a month into the government's new ETA scheme, a planned price increase has been announced, which would raise the ...
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House of Commons recess dates
The 2024-25 session began with the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024. The exact pattern of recesses can change and is normally slightly different for the two Houses.
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Former Glasgow MSP takes seat in House of Lords
FORMER Scottish Labour minister Margaret Curran has taken a seat in the House of Lords. The 66-year-old, who lost her Glasgow seat in the Commons at the 2015 election, had previously served as shadow ...
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Honorary Industrial Professor Marvin Rees appointed to House of Lords
University of Bristol Honorary Industrial Professor Marvin Rees has been selected to become a peer in the House of Lords in the New Year’s Honours List. The former Mayor of Bristol was appointed by ...
The National25d
Let’s not stop at hereditary lords and lords spiritual in House reform
THERE are, somewhat remarkably, 92 hereditary peers in the House of Lords. Since 1999, 90 of these choice gentlemen have been farcically elected to sit on the burgundy benches from out of the greater ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency27d
Jews Honored in England; 13 Jewish Members in House of Lords
The elevation of Lesli Hore-Belisha to the peerage in the Queen’s New Years Honors List brings to 13 the number of Jews in the House of Lords. This is the largest number of Jews to sit at one ...
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CARLA HARVEY Kicks Off New Chapeter of Her Career With LORDS OF ACID!
Lords of Acid have officially announced that former Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey is the band’s NEW Acid Queen. Harvey, who left Butcher Babies in mid-2023 to pursue new creative endeavors ...
Politico Europe28d
How the House of Lords could kill Britain’s assisted dying bill
With MPs having approved the proposal at its first hurdle last month, it now continues through parliament for closer scrutiny — first by a committee of MPs, then to another debate and vote in the ...
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CARLA HARVEY Joins LORDS OF ACID
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Liberal Democrat Voice28d
What could the long overdue reform of the House of Lords look like?
Talk about reforming the House of Lords has been going on for many decades but in 2011 a cross-party draft bill proposed 300 members, 80% elected and 20% appointed. The bill was dropped in 2012 ...
Sky28d
Government set to abolish House of Lords hereditary peers
88 men have inherited their title from their parents and sit in the House of Lords, most of which are Conservatives. But the prime minister is set to end this ancient tradition. Why you can trust ...