UK-REFORMING THE LORDS

from Weekend Edition Saturday · host Lauren Frayer

The UK Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all elderly white men. A new law now phases them out, for the 1st time in nearly 1,000 years.

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