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

A law to reform the House of Lords is being introduced by the Labour ... There are three main ways to become a peer: The majority of peers are members of a particular political party, but there ...

A hereditary peer says he feels "hurt" by the prospect of losing his seat in the House of Lords. Lord Inglewood, who lives at Hutton-in-the-Forest near Penrith, Cumbria, said the government’s ...

Mark Drakeford would not accept a seat in the House of Lords if asked, the outgoing First Minister of Wales has said. The Welsh Labour leader criticised the unelected Upper House of Parliament as ...

Baron Mackinlay, dubbed the “Bionic Peer”, had both his legs and arms amputated in December after contracting sepsis. He has now become the first quadruple amputee to sit in the House of Lords after ...