Bill passed to remove hereditary peers from House of Lords

The Lords on Tuesday accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, clearing the way for it to be added to the statute book.

UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats from House of Lords

UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats from House of Lords - Lord True, the Conservatives’ shadow Lords leader, described the ...

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years

Dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in the British Parliament along with their aristocratic titles will be ousted under reforms pushed through this week.

Tory peer quits after Lords probe into PPE deals

Tory peer Lord Chadlington is to quit the Conservatives and retire from the House of Lords following a recommendation he be ...
The Independent

Fallout from Epstein and Mandelson puts Britain's House of Lords under scrutiny

Fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files has landed on the gilded wood and plush red benches of Britain’s House of Lords. Parliament’s upper chamber is in the spotlight after former U.K. ambassador to ...
The Columbian

Tremors from the Epstein files rattle the age-old foundations of Britain’s House of Lords

LONDON — Fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files has landed on the gilded wood and plush red benches of Britain’s House of Lords. Parliament’s upper chamber is in the spotlight after former U.K.