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Labour 'is planning to abolish all hereditary peers from the House of Lords if it wins the next general election (but they'll still be able to enjoy Parliament's bars)'
Like all peers, the hereditary lords can claim a daily £342 attendance allowance. There are more than 800 members of the House of Lords, with 92 seats set aside for hereditary peers since the ...
Last of the Irish Lords: ‘There’s a love-hate relationship between Irish people and Anglo titles’
Some 92 hereditary peers’ seats will be abolished under legislation UK’s Labour government pledges to push through ...
Daily Express6mon
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and meets in the Palace of Westminster. Members are drawn from the peerage, made up of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal.
The Daily Telegraph8d
Inside the war about to tear the House of Lords apart
Sir Tony Blair’s message to the hereditary peers in the House of Lords was meant to be “thank you ... but is hoping to reach ...
Full Fact9d
Is the government on course to introduce a mandatory retirement age for members of the House of Lords?
Most members of the House of Lords are appointed for life (though since 2014 they ... According to the House of Lords Library: “Assuming no changes in the current complement of life peers, including ...
THE WEEK2y
House of Lords reform: what are the options?
Questions over the future of the House of Lords are back on the table in the ... suggestions have also included a minority of appointed members”, in order to “retain experts and political ...