Hereditary peer compares Starmer to China’s Xi as MPs vote to abolish bloodline members

House of Lords could soon be without hereditary peers (Henry Nicholls/PA) - (PA Wire)

A hereditary peer likened Keir Starmer to China’s President Xi after Labour pushed through a vote in the Commons to reform the House of Lords.

The prime minister already facing claims that he is conducting a “class war” by adding VAT on to independent school fees and imposing the new family farm tax by changing the death duty rules.