Starmer eyes dozens of new peers to secure Labour agenda in House of Lords

Balance of 174 Labour peers to Tories’ 263 ‘could make life difficult’ for a Starmer government, party source tells the Times

Labour is reportedly devising plans to appoint dozens of peers to the House of Lords to prevent a Keir Starmer government being stymied by the upper chamber.

There are 174 Labour peers, making up 22% of the Lords, compared with 263 Conservatives and 183 unaligned crossbench peers.

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