Why the health and care bill is unlikely to leave the House of Lords unscathed
For much of the early period of the coalition government, the health and social care bill faced intense…
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Government suffers Lords defeat on key proposal in overseas operations bill
The government has been defeated in the House of Lords as peers backed a Labour-led move to block…
Labour: Government rejecting fire safety bill amendments “shameful”
Labour has described as “shameful” the government decision to vote down fire safety bill amendments that would have…
“Do the right thing,” Labour tells Tories as fire safety bill returns to Commons
Labour has called on the government to back amendments to the fire safety bill banning leaseholders from bearing…
18 Labour peers break whip in bid to ban murder, torture, rape in ‘spycops’ bill
18 Labour peers have defied the whip to vote in favour of reinserting an amendment that would specifically…
Chakrabarti tells Labour sources briefing against her over CHIS bill to “grow up”
Shami Chakrabarti, a Labour peer who was shadow attorney general until last year, has told Labour sources briefing…
Keir Starmer political peerage nominations unveiled
Nominations to the House of Lords for the 2020 political peerages have been unveiled today, with Keir Starmer…
Chakrabarti: “If the CHIS bill passes, a real Rubicon will have been crossed”
“If this bill passes unamended, as it did in the House of Commons, I think a real Rubicon…
“Bold and ambitious”: Labour puts forward green economic recovery plan
“It’s time for a bold and ambitious plan.” Ed Miliband and Anneliese Dodds have challenged the government to ‘Build it…
PM suffers large internal market bill defeat in House of Lords
The government has suffered a large defeat in the House of Lords on its internal market bill, with…
