Keir Starmer is reportedly ready to stuff the House of Lords with sufficient nominees to ensure a future Labour government would be able to carry out its mandate and legislate as required. The Labour leader has also promised that radical reform of the upper house will be in the party manifesto at the next election.
He proposes to replace the current hybrid system of appointed and hereditary peers with a fully elected version, with representation from the nations and regions of the UK. Starmer is also unhappy with the current system of nominations for life peerages, and in particular with Boris Johnson’s controversial resignation honours nominations and, in prospect, a similarly problematic selection from Liz Truss.
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