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

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Party says appointments needed to balance composition, choosing former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor

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Keir 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 .

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

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Party says appointments needed to balance composition, choosing former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor

UK politics live – latest updates

Keir 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 .

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

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 December 2025

Party says appointments needed to balance composition, choosing former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor

UK politics live – latest updates

Keir 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 .