A Labour Peer is trying to abolish hereditary peers (again) There is overwhelming support for reform but Friday once again showed there is little chance of it succeeding. On Friday 3rd December, for the fourth time in just five years, Labour peer Lord Bruce Grocott... Posted 07 Dec 2021
Hereditary Peers highlight the absurdity of our system and the case for reform Momentum is building for wholesale reform of the House of Lords, as hereditary peerages are under public scrutiny after a Sunday Times report shed light on the absurdity of inherited titles – twenty years after... Posted 26 Mar 2021
How hereditary aristocrats are still trying to call the shots in Parliament On Friday, a handful of hereditary aristocrats managed to club together to stop even the most modest of attempts to modernise the House of Lords. Lord Grocott’s bill would have ended the absurd practice of... Posted 19 Mar 2019