UK Govt Moves To Oust Hereditary Peers From Upper House

House of Lords reform first began under Labour in the late 1990s (Credit: AFP)

The UK government on Thursday introduces legislation to axe seats in the House of Lords retained for hereditary lawmakers as it moves to reform parliament's unelected upper chamber.

The bill will remove the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherited their position as a member of an aristocratic family.