Why Keir Starmer’s going through criticism for stuffing the House of Lords with much more friends
The Prime Minister has announced a raft of new members of the House of Lords, but has received criticism over the move
Everything you need to know as the Prime Minister is criticised for creating more unelected members for the second chamber
- Sir Keir Starmer is under fire for stuffing the “bloated” House of Lords with even more unelected peers.
- The Prime Minister announced a new list of 25 Labour peerages in the chamber – handing jobs for life to his cronies and former advisers.
- It means he has overseen the creation of 96 peers since becoming PM – more than the 92 hereditary peers he is removing from the Lords.
- Darren Hughes, from the Electoral Reform Society, said: “Keir Starmer himself not long ago described the wholly unelected and grossly bloated House of Lords as ‘indefensible’. Nothing has changed since then.”
- But a Labour source suggested the PM will continue to make appointments to the chamber to stop opposition peers blocking legislation.
- READ FULL STORY: Keir Starmer blasted for stuffing ‘bloated’ House of Lords with even more members
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