Labour plans to modernize the UK's House of Lords, setting a mandatory retirement age of 80 and removing hereditary peers.

Labour plans to modernise the UK's House of Lords, setting a mandatory retirement age of 80 and removing hereditary peers. The party's manifesto also suggests introducing a new participation requirement and strengthening the circumstances in which disgraced members can be removed. Labour aims to replace the House of Lords with a more representative second chamber in the long term, with public consultation on this issue.

June 13, 2024
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