Keir Starmer expected to award 25 new Labour peerages
Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamberKeir Starmer is putting the finishing touches to a list of dozens of new peerages aimed at strengthening Labour’s hand in the Lords, with Rachel Reeves’s outgoing chief of staff expected to be...
<p>Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber</p><p>Keir Starmer is putting the finishing touches to a list of dozens of new peerages aimed at strengthening Labour’s hand in the Lords, with Rachel Reeves’s outgoing chief of staff expected to be among them.</p><p>The prime minister is planning to publish his list before Christmas, with a number of other former senior advisers, Labour party staff and former union leaders expected to be on it, the Guardian has been told by multiple sources briefed on the plans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/03/keir-starmer-award-25-labour-peerages-house-of-lords">Continue reading...</a>
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