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Lords: Autonomous cars could cause more crashes
Driverless cars could cause accidents because motorists will become complacent behind the wheel, peers have warned. A House of Lords report claims motorists could fail to react in emergencies while sleeping, reading or answering calls in the
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Tax credit cut: Lords did the decent thing
The widely criticised plan to cut tax credits has been scuppered by the House of Lords, allowing low income families to breath a sigh of relief – for now. The planned cut to tax credits would have had a profound effect on low income
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Labour plans to ban smoking in cars carrying children
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham is due to put an amendment of the Children's and Families Bill forward in the House of Lords on Wednesday that could ban drivers from smoking in cars with children
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House of Lords: "Food is too cheap"
Lady Mar, a Countess who inherited her seat in the House of Lords, has stunned commentators by announcing her brilliant solution to stop Brits from wasting so much food: she thinks that the answer is to make food more expensive. It has
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House of Lords welfare cuts challenge
Georgie Gillard/PA A government plan to tighten the rules on welfare payments to cancer patients will be challenged by peers from the House of Lords today, according to a report in the Guardian. The issue is one of several amendments to the
