The party says new peers created would have to back replacing the chamber with an elected assembly.
Labour has insisted it still wants to abolish the Lords, despite planning to increase its size by creating new peers if it wins the next election.Currently, Labour would need 90 more peers to overtake the Conservatives' 263 in the upper chamber.that Labour was planning to appoint dozens of peers to the Lords to prevent a Starmer government having its agenda thwarted.
He said: "Every government when they first come into power do not have a majority within the House of Lords because of the nature of the appointments process. There would be a question over who might take a peerage while having to commit themselves to abolishing it within five years.At present, there are 174 Labour peers, 263 Conservatives, 84 Liberal Democrats and 183 unaligned crossbenchers.for sweeping constitutional changes, including replacing the Lords with an elected assembly representing the UK's nations and regions.
Sir Keir's spokesman suggested reforms could take place before full abolition, such as getting rid of by-elections for the remaining hereditary peers.Former cabinet minister, Tory MP Sir Simon Clarke, has described Lords abolition as a "terrible idea".
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