Keir Starmer wants to pack the House of Lords with 200 more peers despite vowing to scrap the unelected Chamber

SIR Keir Starmer wants to battalion the House of Lords with 200 much Labour peers - contempt antecedently pledging to abolish the Chamber, enactment insiders person said.

During his enactment run successful 2022, Sir Keir vowed to get escaped of the Lords to “restore spot successful politics”.

But present helium is plotting to massively beef up his ranks truthful helium gets a bulk and tin ram his authorities done some Houses of Parliament.

He is already pushing done plans to get escaped of hereditary peers - who are overwhelmingly Tory.

A Labour insider said: “Downing Street wants tons much peers who really crook up, bash the enactment and volition get authorities through.

“They are looking for 200 peers.”

The Lords already has a staggering 805 members - making it the biggest parliamentary Chamber successful the satellite isolated from Communist China.

Just 186 of them are Labour. The Tories person 273.

Most of the remainder are crossbench oregon non affiliated peers - who bash not person a enactment loyalty.

If Sir Keir stuffs it with different 200 appointees past Britain would person an eye-popping 1,000 peers.

Another enactment insider said: “We decidedly privation a batch much peers.”

A No10 spokeswoman said she does “not recognise” the number.

The Labour manifesto promised to region the close of hereditary peers to beryllium and ballot successful the Lords and unit each peers to discontinue astatine 80.