"Abolishing the 92 seats reserved for hereditary peers - who inherit their titles through their family - was one of Labour's election promises. The move finishes reforms started by the last Labour government, which revoked the 700-year-old right of all hereditary peers to sit in the Lords in 1999, leaving only 92 remaining as a comprise with the Conservatives."
#UKpolitics #Labour #Lords
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl2j90ydzgo
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