Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords.

Britain’s House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of Parliament, will no longer include hereditary peers under a bill that gained final approval Tuesday night. Under the law, the remaining earls, ...

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Britain's parliament has approved legislation to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords, ending a centuries-old system of ...

The meeting place of Great Britain’s bicameral legislature – composed of the House of Commons and the House of Lords – is also known as Westminster Palace. – Ground floor – Offices, river front houses ...

UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats from House of Lords - Lord True, the Conservatives’ shadow Lords leader, described the ...