i understands Labour's manifesto will set out plans for an age cap of 80, to slash the size of the upper house
'Driving's in my blood': Starmer woos Tory motorists with tales of cars he lovedunderstands Labour's manifesto will set out plans for an age cap of 80, to slash the size of the upper houseslashed the size of the House from over 1,300 to just 690 by removing the vast majority of hereditary peers, but since then the numbers have begun to creep up.
Labour had initially planned to go further, with former prime minister Gordon Brown leading a review in 2022 that recommendedon its pledge to pursue these changes in its first parliamentary term, instead opting for a phased approach which will reportedly begin with an age cap. While reducing the size of the Lords is considered politically popular, the plans have raised concerns among critics that Labour could use it as an opportunity toon 275, which could create a headache for Sir Keir Starmer’s party when, if elected to power, they try to pass difficult legislation.
“Also, for peers starting their career in their late 20s and early 30s, as we now have, that is still effectively a guaranteed 50 years of unelected legislating, which is an absurd situation for a modern democracy. She added: “If you were to ask people for the names of members of the House of Lords they admire, I can almost guarantee you that most of the people who are respected would be over 80 and most of those who aren’t are younger.”, who fled the Nazis on the Kindertransport when he was a child and is a prominent campaigner for refugee rights, would be required to retire under the rules as he is currently 91.
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