Keir Starmer appoints 25 Labour peers in bid to strengthen support in House of Lords

Party says appointments needed to balance composition, choosing former advisers to No 10 and the chancellorUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has appointed 25 Labour peers including a number of former senior government and party aides in a bid to strengthen his hand in the House of Lords.Matthew Doyle, a former No 10 director of communications, and Katie Martin, a former chief of staff to Rachel Reeves, will be among those appointed to the upper house in a move first reported by the Guardian. Continue reading...