The party’s manifesto will include plans to introduce an age limit for peers and scrap new hereditary roles, the Times reports.
During his 2020 leadership campaign, Sir Keir Starmer promised to abolish the House of Lords, but according to reports in The Times the Labour leader appears to have abandoned this.
At the time, the Labour leader said he would abolish the “indefensible” House of Lords “as quickly as possible”, ideally within the first term of a Labour government. Under the proposals, peers will be able to serve until they are 80 years old, or until the end of the parliament in which they reach that age.A spokesperson for Momentum said: “This is yet another disappointing Starmer U-turn.
“Keir was right to pledge to abolish it in 2020 and again in 2022, following strong, detailed proposals from Gordon Brown. But once again, major progressive reforms have been junked by a Labour Leadership which rightly pledges change, but seems allergic to enacting it.
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