Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is delaying plans to scrap the House of Lords as it nails down its policy platform ahead of a general election expected this year, the Financial Times reported.

Labour leader Keir Starmer said the current House of Lords is “indefensible” and he would replace it with an elected chamber it as soon as possible after taking office. The next national ...

The House of Lords has backed a move to block the expulsion of hereditary ... We now are debating a manifesto commitment from ...

The House of Lords has tried to block Labour’s ban on hereditary peers. On Wednesday, peers backed an amendment to the ...

House of Lords reform is another. The Labour manifesto promised to remove the right of Hereditary Peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords and to introduce a mandatory retirement age.

The House of Lords faces “immediate modernisation” under Labour, although the party put no timeframe on Sir Keir Starmer’s long-held ambition to abolish the unelected chamber.. A mandatory ...

LONDON — Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Monday pledged to scrap Parliament’s unelected upper house if it wins government as part of a raft if policies intended to stake out Labour’s ...

Britain’s opposition Labour Party says it will replace Parliament’s unelected upper house with an elected chamber if it wins government.

The House of Lords reviews legislation passed by the elected House of Commons, and for most of its 900-year history was composed of hereditary nobles. ... File - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer ...