Keir Starmer top ally hails axing of hereditary peers as 'biggest step in Lords reform for a long time'
Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed MPs had backed the move and it was now down to peers to do the same ...
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Hereditary peers evicted from the House of Lords
Labour’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill overwhelmingly passed its third reading by 435 votes to 73 on Tuesday, consigning the principle — and the 92 places reserved for hereditary peers in the ...
Ban for autistic female teenager who made transgender comment is condemned in House of Lords
The six-match ban handed to a young female footballer for asking a “bearded” transgender opponent, “are you a man?” has been ...
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Why we need to urgently reform the House of Lords
The House of Lords, the UK’s second parliamentary chamber, is primarily a revising chamber and urges the government of the day to rethink some aspects of its proposed legislation. However, it is ...
Hereditary peer compares Starmer to China’s Xi as MPs vote to abolish bloodline members
Labour bill has enraged some hereditary peers, but was also criticised by other lords for failing to go far enough ...
If Starmer has no need of hereditary peers, we must remove bishops too
Time flies when you finally get into Government. After all, it has been mere months since Sir Keir Starmer was positioning ...