1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (780+ words) Hereditary peers are set to lose their automatic right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, a significant reform expected to take effect before the next King's Speech. The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill has now completed…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (467+ words) On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles. Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (746+ words) Two hereditary peers who are set to be removed from the House of Lords will be allowed to keep their parliamentary passes and ceremonial positions. The Duke of Norfolk, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, and Lord Carrington won the concession after raising concerns…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1190+ words) The end is nigh for hereditary peers, whose inherited right to sit in the House of Lords is set to be stripped from them after the passage of a new law this week. The 92 remaining hereditary seats will be scrapped…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (637+ words) Hereditary peers in the House of Lords have left their red leather benches for the final time. The majority of such peers, who inherit their titles through their families, lost the right to sit in the Lords in 1999, but 92 remained…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (805+ words) Dozens of hereditary peers are set to lose their seats in the House of Lords, after the passage of a bill that will end a parliamentary role dating back hundreds of years. Peers passed the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers)…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (200+ words) Kevin Di Cicco -- the creator of "Air Bud," who had fallen on hard times in recent years -- has died. .. TMZ has learned. Kevin's brother Mark tells TMZ. .. Kevin passed away Saturday after spending. .. We're told Kevin smoked a lot, and…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (304+ words) Stand-up comedian Ken Flores died in January at the age of 28 as a result of cocaine toxicity. Congestive heart failure was listed as another significant condition. Flores' first long-form stand-up special was released on Hulu in June. Ken Flores' cause…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (436+ words) Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins have welcomed their fifth baby and first boy The couple announced the arrival of Brave Elijah Akins on Friday, Feb. 27 Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins' family has grown by one more! The country…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (12+ words) AOL. com...