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Im joined now by our political correspondent charlotte rose. what are the proposed changes here? keir starmer wants an elected house of lords, and this would be a huge and radical change, and he wants to get rid of the ability of prime ministers to appoint people to go to the house of lords. to understand what this means, we have to understand what the chamber does, and theirjob is basically to scrutinise and to make changes to legislation, so quite often bills 12-49“. f.“ "be “ten h”- s...

Has written to every council the housing secretary, michael gove, has written and social housing provider in england to warn that deaths like that of awaab ishak must "never be allowed to happen again". an inquest found that the 2—year—old died from a respiratory condition caused by mould exposure in the housing association flat in rochdale where he lived. labour has said it will replace the house of lords with an elected chamber if it wins the next general election. the partys leader, sir k...

It appears now that hes back. its also been confirmed president trump can rejoin twitter too after he was banned back in january this year. labour has said it will replace the house of lords with an elected chamber if it wins the next general election. the partys leader, sir keir starmer, wants politicians stripped of the power to appoint people to the chamber, saying conservative leaders have handed peerages to "lackeys and donors". our political correspondent, charlotte rose, explained what la...

Those from the conservatives, so those from the conservatives, labour, the lib dems and greens. you then have some hereditary peers and also some religious members as well, so there is a whole mix, all serving in the same chamber, but their role is really to look at legislation. and what is the nature of the criticism around the current system there been concerns iii! as it 55.25 55 — the the are e! about much it but idea the taxpayer, but also the idea that the taxpayer, but also the idea tha...

Mps debate them and they go to the house of lords, and there can be some quite big changes made, with large sections put in or taken out of bills. the commons in the lords have been at loggerheads in recent years, over the brexit legislation, but also in more recent times over the right of public protest. the chamber itself is made up of different groups, so you have nonpolitical peers, people who have been put there because of their expertise in different fields, and then you also have politica...

Make changes. sometimes quite big sections of bills can be added in or taken out. but the commons and lords have been at loggerheads in recent years. we have seen arguments over brexit legislation, but also more recently things around the right to protest. it is an important chamber, it has an importantjob to do. it currently has 784 members and there has been concern in the past about the size of the chamber and how much it costs to the taxpayer. it is made up it costs to the taxpayer. it is ma...

Is able to stuff the lords with their friends and allies in order to make it easier to get legislation through. there has been particular criticism of borisjohnson there are a lot of questions still to be asked, because we are being told, labour is saying, that they would about, which chamber is the most important. there are questions to be asked,

In the housing association flat in rochdale where he lived. labour has said it will replace the house of lords with an elected chamber if it wins the next general election. the partys leader, sir keir starmer, wants politicians stripped of the power to appoint people to the chamber, saying conservative leaders have handed peerages to "lackeys and donors". earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, charlotte rose, about labours plans. he wants to get rid of the ability of prime ministers to ...

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Regulation bill which we have been working on with grenfell survivors for some time. that bill will ensure, particularly with amendment in the lords that have gone in, that we will get proper off�*s textile inspections of social homes, and thatis inspections of social homes, and that is really important —— proper ofsted style inspections. but the government need to act on private renting as well because they have been promising the renter reform bill for a long time and that legislation ne...