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Article thumbnail: Members of the House of Lords following the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London. Picture date: Tuesday November 7, 2023. PA Photo. King Charles III is delivering his first King's speech as monarch, having previously deputised for the late Queen to open parliamentary sessions. See PA story POLITICS Speech. Photo credit should read: Leon Neal/PA Wire
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The Michelle Mone effect

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Whether Michelle Mone is still a baroness and member of the House of Lords

Article thumbnail: File photo dated 21/06/17 of Baroness Michelle Mone ahead of the State Opening of Parliament by Queen Elizabeth II, in the House of Lords. Tory peer Baroness Mone, who is at the centre of controversy over her alleged links to a firm awarded a PPE contract, will take a leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect, the PA news agency understands. Issue date: Tuesday December 6, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS PPE. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
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    Article thumbnail: (FILES) Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover on the south coast of England. The UK Supreme Court will rule on November 15, 2023 on whether the government's controversial Rwanda policy for migrants is lawful, a decision with major political ramifications for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The Migration and Economic Development Partnership envisages sending to Rwanda anyone who has made what the government calls "dangerous or illegal journeys, such as by small boat or hidden lorries" to the UK. The ruling is the latest episode in a long-running saga that began in April 2022 last year when the policy was signed under former Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
    Article thumbnail: (FILES) Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover on the south coast of England. The UK Supreme Court will rule on November 15, 2023 on whether the government's controversial Rwanda policy for migrants is lawful, a decision with major political ramifications for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The Migration and Economic Development Partnership envisages sending to Rwanda anyone who has made what the government calls "dangerous or illegal journeys, such as by small boat or hidden lorries" to the UK. The ruling is the latest episode in a long-running saga that began in April 2022 last year when the policy was signed under former Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)