The Guardian - Lords needs more experts, says Speaker as former PMs line up allies

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The Guardian leads with comments made by the House of Lords Speaker who is calling for more independent, expert peers in Parliament’s second chamber. John McFall tells the Guardian the upper house is in danger of becoming “out of sync” with its balance of legislators.

The front page also reports on Macron’s calls on XI to bring Putin to his sense over the Ukraine invasion – the paper features a large image. 

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