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No Nobles Day: Britain's Parliament boots its last hereditary Lords after 700 years - NPR

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The UK Parliament has passed a bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords, ending a 700-year tradition. This move aims to modernize the upper chamber, though some critics argue it may not fully address reform promises.

  1. No Nobles Day: Britain's Parliament boots its last hereditary Lords after 700 years  NPR
  2. Hereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords  The Guardian
  3. UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats in parliament upper chamber  Reuters
  4. Ministers offer Tories more peers to end hereditary bill standoff  BBC
  5. Hereditary peer ‘back door’ compromise risks undermining manifesto promise  Electoral Reform Society

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