House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 - Wikipedia

Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up

Dozens handed life peerages in apparent concession, enabling their return to red benches

Evgeny Lebedev and Ian Botham have lowest Lords attendance, records show

Figures seen by the Guardian show the two peers each attended just 1.12% of sessions in past four years

So long, hereditary peers – but the Lords is still full of absurd anachronisms

Two-thirds of voters want an elected second chamber. The government needs a radical legacy: it should use its rare majority for this, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage

Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

This Wednesday: The last best hope for Lords reform

No-one is paying attention. No-one gives a damn. But one man is valiantly trying to make Labour stick by its manifesto commitment.

Why the House of Lords will be hard to abolish

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ERS in the Press – Coverage we’ve secured in the GE campaign

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Why an elected second chamber won’t lead to gridlock

Looking across the Atlantic at America’s Senate, it’s clear why concerns are often expressed that an elected second chamber may challenge the primacy of the House of Commons and at t