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Britain’s unelected House of Lords is set to remove hereditary peers after centuries, with a compromise allowing some to stay as life peers; the bill, awaiting royal assent, will take effect at the end of the current session this spring, as Labour pushes toward a more representative second chamber, though reform is expected to be gradual.
The House of Lords approved the Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, ending the hereditary right to sit and vote in Westminster; up to 92 hereditary peers are set to exit by the end of the current session in May. Ministers will offer life peerages to some Conservatives and crossbenchers to retain a limited number of hereditary members, with the final count and retirements to be decided by the prime minister. The reform, long demanded by Labour, signals a major step in modernizing the upper chamber while exploring further changes like retirement ages and participation rules.