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PRIME MINISTER Theresa May has shelved plans to appoint a dozen new Conservative peers after an opinion poll found that around 60 per cent of both Labour and Tory voters oppose the proposals.
Polling also showed that nearly four in five voters believe the House of Lords is already too large. Labour would have been allowed three new peers under the mooted plans.
Campaigners dubbed Ms May’s retreat a “victory for voters” yesterday.
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
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Starmer struggles to save leadership amid polling calamity