Labour bill has enraged some hereditary peers, but was also criticised by other lords for failing to go far enough ...

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed MPs had backed the move and it was now down to peers to do the same ...

MPs have backed plans to get rid of all hereditary peers from the House of Lords.A bill making its way through Parliament ...

A hereditary peer says he feels "hurt" by the prospect of losing his seat in the House of Lords. Lord Inglewood, who lives at ...

Back in 1999, one hereditary Tory peer, the Earl of Onslow, said he would behave like a “football hooligan” in opposing New Labour’s abolition plan. It was watered down eventually, despite former ...

Sir Keir Starmer is at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, where he's announced the UK will aim to cut emissions by 81% by 2035 ...

A Cumbrian peer has hit out at the ‘crude’ plan to rid the House of Lords of hereditary peers. Lord Inglewood sits in the House of Lords due to his birth right but under Labour’s plans for ...

Cross party support expressed for abolishing the bishops' bench entirely in debate on reforming the House of Lords ...

The battles of old rekindled. Back in 1999, one hereditary Tory peer, the Earl of Onslow, said he would behave like a “football hooligan” in opposing New Labour’s abolition plan. It was ...