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ANTI-MONARCHY campaigners have welcomed the introduction of a bill to scrap hereditary peers from the House of Lords but have called on reform to…

The government committed before the general election to abolish the right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords

THE UK Government will begin the process of removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, as it introduces legislation to reform the upper…

The UK government on Thursday introduces legislation to axe seats in the House of Lords retained for hereditary lawmakers as it moves to reform parliament's unelected upper chamber.

Government’s bill would prevent the 92 remaining peers who inherited their titles from sitting in upper chamber

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Amy Adams, actor, 50Leonard Barden, chess player and writer, 95Jamie Cullum, jazz musician, 45Lord (Nigel) Dodds of Duncairn, former Democratic Unionist MP, 66John Emburey, cricketer, 72Dame Anne Evans, soprano, 83Sir Roger Gale, Conservative MP, 81Alan Lee, book illustrator and film designer, 77Lord (Gus) Macdonald, former Labour minister, 84Tom Mangold, broadcaster,…

Political columnist Andrew Grice takes on your queries as the debate on electoral reform hots up following last month’s election results

Letters: Former Labour MP Liz McInnes says a House of Lords elected by PR would address the democratic deficit at the heart of government. Plus a letter from Rosanne Bostock

Exclusive: Leading Muslim groups are lodging official complaints to the House of Lords about Lord Pearson of Rannoch’s speech

SCOTTISH members of the House of Lords cost the taxpayer nearly £10 million over the last five years, The Ferret can reveal...