Starmer Copies Blair, Axing Hereditary Peers from House of Lords

Simon Karsunke: What comes next? The way forward on UK House of Lords reform

On 18 March 2026 the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill became the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026. Following one final vote on the evening of the 10th of March 2026 in the House of Lords , and after having offered additional life peer appointments to Conservative peers, the Labour government  has succeeded in finalising both what Tony Blair had started in 1999 with the House of Lords Act 1999, as well as one of its own manifesto …

Starmer Copies Blair, Axing Hereditary Peers from House of Lords

. ER Editor: Starmer, following on from Blair’s initial purge, has axed a substantial number of hereditary peers from the House of Lords. It sounds like a good thing, but it’s actually not. The video [...] The post Starmer Copies Blair, Axing Hereditary Peers from House of Lords appeared first on Europe Reloaded.