End of an heir-a: The U.K. abolishes aristocrats' right to inherit Parliament seats

The British Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all older white men. A new ...

Britain's 700-year-old tradition comes to an end: No more Lords by birth

Act has removed the right of any hereditary peer to sit in the House of Lords based solely on his birthright. With the latest ...

No Nobles Day: Britain's Parliament boots its last hereditary Lords after 700 years

Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to "an archaic and undemocratic principle." The removed ...

Fact Check: Britain’s House of Lords has not legalised abortion up to birth

Britain's upper house of parliament has supported measures to remove women from criminal liability related to abortion, not ...
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UK House of Lords passes abortion measure; evangelical leader calls it 'a tragic failure'

Mothers in England and Wales may be less likely to face criminal charges for ending their own pregnancies up to birth after ...

UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats in Parliament upper chamber

Britain passes law removing hereditary peers from House of Lords, ending aristocratic seats in parliament. Modernisation ...

How Britain is Rejecting Hereditary Privilege with House of Lords Reform

The move has been described as “one of the biggest reforms to Parliament and UK democracy in a generation.” ...
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Hereditary peers get the boot from UK's House of Lords

If the very name of the House of Lords implies its aristocratic history, modern Britain is finally letting go of inherited ...

UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats from House of Lords

UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats from House of Lords - Lord True, the Conservatives’ shadow Lords leader, described the ...
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British House of Lords

The House of Lords, formally styled the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled and referred to ...