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Catherine Neilan

MPs and peers complained to whips over Starmer plans to make spin doctor a lord

The veteran Labour strategist has been accused by several former staffers of abusive behaviour

Sat 14 Feb 2026

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Peers respond to The Observer’s ‘Plot against democracy’ reports

Mon 9 Feb 2026

Peers respond to The Observer’s ‘Plot against democracy’ reports
Catherine Neilan
Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs
Fred Harter
The assisted dying bill is floundering in the upper chamber

Wed 4 Feb 2026

The assisted dying bill is floundering in the upper chamber
Catherine Neilan
Filibustering Lords seek to slow-talk bill to its doom

Sun 1 Feb 2026

Filibustering Lords seek to slow-talk bill to its doom
The Observer view
The Lords are defying democracy

Sun 1 Feb 2026

The Lords are defying democracy
James Tapper
The peers whose long debates could kill the assisted dying bill

Sun 1 Feb 2026

The peers whose long debates could kill the assisted dying bill
Andrew Rawnsley
The Lords they are a-leaping to frustrate ministers

Sun 23 Nov 2025

The Lords they are a-leaping to frustrate ministers

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