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Editorial: MPs are right to abolish hereditary seats in the upper house. However, Britain needs a representative second chamber fit for modern democracy

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

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

MPS have voted to abolish hereditary peers from the House of Lords, with a 362-vote majority in the House of Commons.

The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on matters in their ministries rather than on the running of the country.

Pete Wishart described Parliament’s second chamber as an ‘absurd embarrassment’.

The Home Office may have to refund tens of millions of pounds to people who were ‘unlawfully’ charged fees for checks in their visa applications

Two-thirds of the UK population are either overweight or obese – a crisis that costs billions each year in healthcare and lost productivity. Yet, in a 2021 review of nearly 700 obesity-related policies in England, researchers at the University of Cambridge found no evidence they had successfully reduced obesity. A…

Mr Welby said it was ‘very clear’ he must take responsibility and regretted the Church’s historic failures

Green party says PM’s target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit is welcome but not enough

Amendments to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will be debated in the Commons on Tuesday.