Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to "an archaic and undemocratic principle." The removed aristocrats are 92 of the House of Lords' 800 members.

On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with ...

Parliament witnessed protests and intense political exchanges on Tuesday as the second phase of the Budget Session continued ...

In a scene never witnessed before in Bangladesh’s parliamentary history, the maiden sitting of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad is likely to begin today with the speaker’s chair vacant for a brief period.

HEREDITARY peers started to shuffle into political history after the Lords finally accepted the government’s decision to ...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was warned that Peter Mandelson ’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exposed the government to “reputational risk,” but he still ...

US Iran war news LIVE: Israel's military on Wednesday said that it had begun a new "wide-scale wave of strikes" across Iran and Beirut.

Amid loud sloganeering, Jagdambika Pal, who was presiding over the House, announced that the no-confidence motion had been defeated.| India News ...