Labour rules out immediately packing Lords with party peers after election

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Party’s leader in the Lords dismisses idea that Keir Starmer would rush through dozens of appointments

Labour has ruled out immediately packing the House of Lords with dozens of peers if Keir Starmer wins the next general election.

The Labour leader has already scaled back on his previous pledges to abolish the Lords and replace it with a fully elected second chamber in his first term.