The Lords on Tuesday accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, clearing the way for it to be added to the statute book.

Upper chamber accepts final draft of bill, which offers life peerages to some of those who would otherwise be removed

The Lords on Tuesday accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, clearing the way for it to be added to the statute book.

Lord True, the Conservatives’ shadow Lords leader, described the Bill as a ‘bitter pill’ for many