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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Labour looking to cut deal with peers to shrink House of Lords

The Houses of Parliament on the River Thames
Labour’s manifesto included a pledge to bring in a mandatory age limit. Photograph: John Walton/PA

Labour is looking to strike a deal in the House of Lords on cutting the size of the chamber in an effort to avoid further legislation, the Guardian has learned.

The plan is under consideration as the next step in Labour’s programme of constitutional change, as Conservative peers are preparing to cause delays and disruption to new laws abolishing the 92 remaining hereditary lords.

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