2 h. ago Iceland boss makes cost of living vow as he joins House of Lords

'I’m becoming a Labour peer to bring some high-street realism to Westminster by amplifying the voices of our shoppers,' Iceland boss Richard Walker writes

Economics

27 h. ago Ministers FINALLY name chair for national grooming gangs inquiry... but victims warn Labour peer will run 'tick box exercise'

Former children's commissioner Baroness Longfield has been announced as the head of the probe by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

Events

46 h. ago Former Navy chief issues warning over ‘horrifying’ British submarines amid Russia threat

Labour peer Lord West of Spithead said the silent service was in its worst condition across his 60 years of military service

Events

3 d. ago Keir Starmer to make Iceland boss Richard Walker a Labour peer

Appointment marks a rapid political transformation for a former Tory donor and potential candidate for MPThe formerly Conservative-supporting boss of the supermarket Iceland is to be made a Labour peer when the party appoints another 25 representatives to parliament’s upper house later this month.Keir Starmer will appoint Richard Walker to the House of Lords, the Guardian understands, the culmination of an unusual and rapid political transformation for someone named as a prospective Tory MP candidate a little over three years ago. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Peer suspended from House of Lords was allegedly paid $1m in ‘corrupt’ deal

Lord Evans of Watford and other directors of investment firm deny claims made in lawsuits they say are ‘meritless’A peer suspended by the House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules is now facing claims that he received at least $1m (£760,000) from an allegedly corrupt deal.Lord Evans of Watford, a longtime Labour peer, was found last week by the House of Lords watchdog to have broken its rules four times after undercover reporting by the Guardian, and will be suspended for five months. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Like our Home Secretary, I fear that if we don't sort out Britain's mass migration crisis, it will trigger a total breakdown in race relations: DR RAKIB EHSAN

In her uncompromising new proposals on dealing with Britain's mass-migration crisis, Shabana Mahmood has been accused this week of 'stoking division' in the House of Commons.

Society

3 w. ago Wes Streeting not ‘comfortable’ deporting children under Labour’s migrant crackdown

The health secretary insisted the number of forced removals ‘should be low’ but admitted he was not comfortable with the plan

Events

3 w. ago Albanian PM accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘ethnic stereotyping’’ in asylum reforms

Edi Rama was furious that Ms Mahmood had singled out 700 Albanian families to justify ending the right to family reunions

Events

3 w. ago Shabana Mahmood accused of ‘ethnic stereotyping’ by Albania’s PM

Edi Rama says home secretary using ‘rhetoric of populist far-right’ after 700 Albanian families singled out for deportationUK politics live – latest updatesShabana Mahmood has been accused of “ethnic stereotyping” and “indecent demagoguery” by Albania’s prime minister after the home secretary singled out Albanian families and children for refusing to return to their homeland.Edi Rama, the Socialist party leader, has questioned why a Labour politician can “so poorly echo the rhetoric of the populist far-right” after Mahmood’s officials singled out 700 Albanian families for deportation. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Children born in Britain to refugee parents will face deportation under Shabana Mahmood's asylum overhaul

Children born in the UK to refugees and those who have no right to stay would face deportation under plans from Shabana Mahmood - because Britain does not recognise birthright citizenship.

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3 w. ago Labour peer accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘using children as a weapon’ in asylum reforms

Lord Alf Dubs, who fled from the Nazis as a child refuge, described the government’s proposals as ‘shabby’ after the Home Office said it could deport children of failed asylum seekers

Events

3 w. ago Peter Mandelson faces £300 fine after urinating in Notting Hill street

Kensington and Chelsea council confirmed it was investigating after the Labour peer admitted urinating against a garden wall

Economics

3 w. ago Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs

Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensionsUK politics live – latest updatesThe home secretary is seeking “to use children as a weapon” in her changes to the asylum system, a veteran Labour peer who came to Britain as a child refugee has said.Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK aged six in 1939 fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, described Shabana Mahmood’s proposals as “a shabby thing”. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Labour peer accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘using children as a weapon’ in her asylum crackdown

Comes as home secretary tells Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson to 'sod off'

Events

3 w. ago Labour peer who fled Nazis as child hits out at asylum system shake

Lord Alf Dubs said the changes unveiled by the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday, which has also caused unease among Labour MPs, will make the UK less welcome

Events

3 w. ago Britain’s youth at risk of becoming ‘lost generation’, Labour peer warns Starmer

New analysis shows young people have borne the brunt of job losses since June last year

Events

3 w. ago BBC bosses accused of 'downplaying' fears that children's programmes promoted transgender ideology after intense lobbying by activists

A Labour peer and gender-critical campaigners repeatedly warned of a 'pro-transitioning narrative' being pushed within the BBC children's and education department.

Politics

3 w. ago Mandelson was still in touch with Epstein in 2016, newly released emails show

The Labour peer was sacked as ambassador to the US after the full extent of his relationship with the sex offender emerged.

Politics