The House of Lords should be a-leaping into oblivion
The IndependentStuffing the House of Lords with a raft of new nominations is a funny way for Labour to fulfil a pre-election pledge to abolish it. This is despite Keir Starmer, before becoming prime minister, pledging that he would get rid of the “indefensible” chamber in his first term of government, and that this would be replaced with an elected chamber. Anas Sarwar, Labour’s leader in Scotland, also similarly promised that the party would scrap the House of Lords, noting that “it is an institution that has no place in 21st-century politics”. It is patently clear that Labour has no intent to abolish the House of Lords, and as with so many other promises made prior to coming into government, this pledge has quickly melted away. David Felton Wistaston, Crewe The terrible cost of cuts to mental health services I am in complete agreement with the many statements made about the disastrous state of the so-called mental health services by the NHS.
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