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...He became an unaffiliated crossbench peer in the House of Lords in 2020, and took part remotely in a debate on assisted dying in October 2021, when a colleague, Baroness Molly Meacher, read out a statement...
...In person Lansman does not seem particularly tribal, recounting admiringly how his former boss Michael Meacher used to work closely with rightwing Tories where necessary....
...Molly Meacher, a crossbench peer, claimed on Thursday that up to 30 Conservative MPs could rebel....
...In fact Meacher’s father had trained as an accountant....
...Mr Meacher, one of the longest serving MPs in the House of Commons — who died last month — was a popular politician in the constituency, which he had represented since 1970....
...Ukip admits it has a mountain to climb: Meacher won 55 per cent of the vote in May, a majority of 14,738....
...Baroness Meacher said she would put forward a “fatal motion”, which if supported by a majority in the upper chamber, would annul the reforms passed last month by the House of Commons....
...Baroness Meacher greeted the result of the vote by saying: “What we have done today is to say, ‘look, hold on’....
...Baroness Meacher, a crossbencher behind one of the amendments, says she has been “bullied” by Conservatives threatening to suspend the upper house or flood it with 100 new Tory peers if she does not back...
...That hope was a reference to talks led by Baroness Meacher, a crossbench peer, over a House of Lords “fatal motion” that would have killed off the legislation had it passed at a debate on tax credits on...
...The second, by Baroness Meacher, asks the government to respond to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank, suggesting that 3m families would be approximately £1,000 worse off due to the...
...Baroness Meacher had previously said she would use a fatal motion, but she withdrew that plan late on Tuesday....
...Ukip won 21 per cent of the vote in the general election as longstanding MP Michael Meacher polled 55 per cent, with a majority of more than 14,000....
...An early test will come at the Oldham West and Royton by-election caused by the death of Labour MP Michael Meacher last week. The UK Independence party is expected to put up a strong challenge....
...On Thursday evening the party selected Jim McMahon to stand in the Oldham West and Royton by-election, which has been prompted by the death of the veteran MP Michael Meacher....
...A separate motion from cross-bencher Baroness Meacher, calling on the government to respond to concerns raised by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that 3m families could lose about £1,300 each on average...
...Baroness Meacher, the crossbench peer who has tabled an amendment calling on the government to consider “possible mitigating action”, said she was being bullied by Tory whips....
...Two other amendments, tabled by Labour Lords and crossbench peer Lady Meacher, both seek to force the government to mitigate the effect of the cuts. What is the most likely outcome?...
...Mr Murphy has known Mr Corbyn and other leftwing MPs such as John McDonnell and Michael Meacher for years, having served alongside them on a group known as the Left Economics Advisory Panel....
...Meacher is a member of the House of Lords in her own right: in 2006 she was made Baroness Meacher of Spitalfields. “She was also a junior Wimbledon qualifier,” says Layard....
...successful career as a civil servant I never had any trouble with “telling truth unto power” in my dealings with ministers of all kinds of political views (from Lord Young at one end of the spectrum to Michael Meacher...
...Sir, Reading Michael Meacher’s letter (January 2) regarding his ideas of reducing the extraordinary disparity of earnings between the highest and lowest paid workers gives the impression that he has little...
...From Michael Meacher MP. Sir, John Gapper (“In search of balance”, Analysis, December 24) traduces Pope Francis unfairly....
....— Joey Jones (@joeyfjones) November 20, 2013 This then set the tone for a rancorous rest of the session, which saw Cameron accuse Michael Meacher, the Labour backbencher, of taking “mind-altering substances...
...Mr Clarke said Mr Meacher should “find different people to exchange tweets with”. The group’s meetings are held under “Chatham House rules” and are not reported on....
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