Former chief of staff one of 17 women to be named in party’s 30 new appointments to upper house
Keir Starmer has named 30 new peers, including his former chief of staff Sue Gray, as the government moved to rebalance the political forces in the House of Lords after major reforms to the upper house were put on hold.
In the much-trailed announcement, a string of other Labour grandees were appointed, including the former ministers Thangam Debbonaire and Kevin Brennan; the longtime Tony Blair staffer Anji Hunter; and the former TUC head Brendan Barber.