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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nadeem Badshah

Boris Johnson’s plan to create large number of new peers comes under fire

House of Lords
Boris Johnson has appointed 86 peers so far, taking the number of people sitting in the Lords to more than 800. Photograph: Maxine Powell/Alamy

Boris Johnson’s plans for a major list of peerages has come under criticism, with the Lord Speaker saying it could erode “public confidence in our parliamentary system”.

The House of Lords Appointment Commission (Holac), the body responsible for vetting peerages, is holding up the outgoing prime minister’s plans, Whitehall sources told the Sunday Times, who also reported that such moves could be restricted in future.

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