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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Keir Starmer top ally hails axing of hereditary peers as 'biggest step in Lords reform for a long time'

One of Sir Keir Starmer’s top allies has hailed the axing of hereditary peers as “the biggest step in Lords reform for a long time”.

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed that MPs had backed the move and it was now down to peers to agree to it.

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