Labour said it is standing by its pledge to abolish the House of Lords in the first term - despite planning to swell its size with new peers in order to push through policy if it forms a government.
Jim McMahon defends Labour's right to appoint peerages
In December, Sir Keir unveiled plans led by former prime minister Gordon Brown to replace the Lords with a democratic assembly of nations and regions. Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon told Sky News appointing peers in order to pass legislation is"quite different than Boris Johnson, who's awarded his cronies, awarded people who were in the scandal of lockdown parties".
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