JK Rowling has revealed she turned down two offers of a peerage in the House of Lords and would turn down a third. The author's remarks came after Conservative Party leader hopeful Kemi Badenoch said she would give Rowling a peerage for her stance on gender - a position critics have described as being transphobic.

Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said there should no place in the 21st century 'reserved for those who are born into certain families' as MPs backed plans to rid Parliament of hereditary peers

JK Rowling has revealed that she twice turned down a peerage. Kemi Badenoch has promised to give the Harry Potter author an honour, should the Conservative MP win the contest to lead her party. Now, that public pledge floated during the leadership campaign has led Rowling to say she would turn down a peerage should it be offered.

A debate in the House of Commons on the second reading of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which will remove the remaining 92 hereditary peers from Parliament, from Tuesday 15 October.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed she has turned down two peerage offers in an admission on social media. The 59-year-old writer was previously praised by Conservative politician Kemi Badenoch,

JK Rowling has revealed that she turned down two offers of a peerage following Kemi Badenoch publicly saying she would appoint the author to the House of Lords. The Harry Potter creator, 59, was praised by Ms Badenoch,