Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth tells Sky News that making an elected second chamber would help renew trust in politics.
Speaking to Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme, shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth said:"There is obviously great expertise in the House of Lords, of course, and there are very good people in the House of Lords, but we need to bring it into the 21st century - it needs to be a modern second chamber and therefore it should be elected.
"I think when trust in politics is so low, because of the actions of Boris Johnson... I think the time is right to democratise the House of Lords."According to The Observer, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has already told his party's peers of the move, saying part of the reason for reform was down to the public having"lost faith in the ability of politicians and politics to bring about change".
He also told them the House of Lords would become"truly representative" of the UK's nations and regions under his plan, while still keeping its role as the second chamber to the Commons.
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