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The Palace of Westminster, which contains the House of Commons and the House of Lords, in central London
MORE peers have been added to the bloated Lords in a dissolution list, raising demands from campaigners to reform the unelected chamber.
Outgoing prime minister Rishi Sunak handed peerages to former Tory leader Theresa May, Sir Graham Brady and his chief of staff in the list.
Among Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s nominations for peerages were Blair-era foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett, and veteran Labour MPs Harriet Harman and Dame Margaret Hodge.
By-election poll puts Starmer's future on a knife-edge
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE
