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  "path": "/uk/news/2026/04/29/uk-hereditary-peers/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T22:21:12.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
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    "Joe Glenton"
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  "textContent": "This week marked the end of hereditary peerage in the UK. But while Keir Starmer’s Lords reform bill might have put a minuscule dent in unaccountable power in Britain, the country still belongs to the wealthy. Not that the move wasn’t popular… As YouGov reminds us, a majority of Brits have been opposed to people […]\n\nBy Joe Glenton",
  "title": "Hereditary peers are gone, yet Britain still belongs to unaccountable power"
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