US EditionKeir Starmer appoints 25 Labour peers to strengthen support in House of Lords
Labour plans to add 25 peers to reduce the Conservative majority of 73 in the House of Lords, aiming to limit Tory legislative delays.
- Before Christmas Sir Keir Starmer plans to publish a list naming around 25 new Labour peers to the House of Lords to curb the Conservative majority.
- With hereditary peers still on the books, the Tories hold 283 peers while Labour has 210, leaving a substantial Tory advantage in the Lords.
- The list mixes former advisers, politicians and business figures including Matthew Doyle, former Downing Street director of communications, Katie Martin, former chief of staff to Rachel Reeves, Carol Linforth, Richard Walker and David Isaac.
- Within minutes of the Downing Street announcement, a Lords division on the Employment Rights Bill was 244 to 220, and opponents called the appointments cronyism, with Nigel Farage labeling it 'corrupt political patronage'.
- Beyond immediate votes, Baroness Smith of Basildon will begin reforms early next year to remove inactive peers, increasing Labour's Lords share from around 25 per cent to 30 per cent.
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