Bloodline members complain they are being treated like ‘discarded rubbish’ under the move that was a Labour manifesto pledge ...

The House of Lords has backed a move to block the expulsion of hereditary ... meaning the number of hereditary peers would decrease as individuals die or retire. There are currently 92 seats reserved ...

Lord Devon's had a seat in the House of Lords since 2019, as one of 92 hereditary peers, and has used the opportunity to speak on constitutional reform of the second chamber, and on why he favours ...

The hereditary members of the House of Lords have had their day. The Bill that will seal their fate will be read for a third ...

Concerns were raised that a select committee might be ‘a very good and highly-qualified talking shop’ but ignored by the Government.

Yet the Lords, far from “ indefensible,” as Sir Keir once described it, is one of the last bastions of serious politics in Britain. Replacing it with an elected house, if the replacements are to be of ...

Stereotypes of the Lords as a holdout of social conservatism are now largely out of date. Indeed it is the Lords that has, to a large extent, kept the issue of assisted dying on the political agenda.