In the Political Fourcast, Lord Jo Johnson and MP Margaret Hodge join Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Gary Gibbon to discuss planes and plots as Rishi Sunak tries to get asylum-seeker flights in the air.
As the Government reels from a stinging defeat on tax credits in the House of Lords, there are calls for reform.
Gary Gibbon
The lift David Cameron has given to the Tories today in appointments to the Lords won’t be enough to make a difference in votes, but could it be the beginning of increasing Conservative numbers in this parliament?
Gary Gibbon
The government has just pulled the Programme Motion that was going to certain defeat, writes Gary Gibbon.
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs on the Coalition’s plans for the Lords.
Gary Gibbon
Our Political Editor reports on the ceasefire between Government and Opposition in the Lords in the row over the Bill changing constituency sizes.
Gary Gibbon
Our Political Editor looks at why the Lords abandoned their filibuster protest against the Bill reforming the electoral system.
Gary Gibbon
There’s been guerilla warfare by Labour peers which threatens to scupper all or part of the government bill that brings in the AV referendum and which cuts the number of MPs down to 600, blogs Gary Gibbon.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow blogs on the findings that Lord’s expenses are not receipted.