There are 92 seats for hereditary peers who have inherited their titles from their families, and in its general election ...

Scrapping hereditary peers will give Sir Keir Starmer more control over the House of Lords, the Earl of Devon has warned.

The end of hereditary peers has moved a step closer after a draft law that would remove them from the House of Lords passed ...

Ministers are set to abolish hereditary peers in the House of Lords "by Easter" it's been revealed. MPs will vote this week ...

A debate in the House of Commons on the second reading of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which will remove the ...

Nick Thomas-Symonds has said Labour's proposal to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords is "long overdue".

British lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve in principle a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote ...

Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said there should no place in the 21st century 'reserved for those who are born into certain ...

SIR Keir Starmer wants to pack the House of Lords with 200 more Labour peers – despite previously pledging to abolish the ...

SIR Ashley Fox, Member of Parliament for Bridgwater, has expressed his opposition to legislation that will remove hereditary peers from the House ...

MPs offered their backing to legislation to sweep away the remaining hereditary peers in what the Government describes as the “first step” of Lords reform. Abolishing the 92 seats reserved for peers ...

The Government has been challenged to go further in reforming the House of Lords and remove the 26 Church of England bishops from the upper chamber. MPs offered their backing to legislation to ...