SIR Keir Starmer has parachuted a raft of Labour cronies into the House of Lords.
The PM packed 25 more peers into the upper chamber – while snubbing Nigel Farage’s plea for just one.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ top aide Katie Martin was rewarded for “rebuilding Labour’s relationship with business”.
Peerages were also conferred to Sir Keir’s former chief spin doctor Matthew Doyle and fixer Carol Linforth.
The PM also put Iceland boss Richard Walker into the Lords after he switched to Labour from the Tories.
Kemi Badenoch used her allowance to give a peerage to outspoken Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies.
The sports star has been a vocal advocate of banning trans athletes from women’s sports.
She was granted three peerages, while Sir Ed Davey was granted five more Lords nominations.
But Mr Farage had his request for some Reform peers turned down because he only has five MPs.
He previously wrote to Sir Keir asking for some peers given his position on top of the polls.
Every PM stuffs the House of Lords with their political allies to ease legislation going through the chamber.
The Lords is the second biggest legislature in the entire world, second only to the Chinese congress.
Sir Keir previously pledged to abolish the Lords entirely before pulling back and just promising reform.
A Labour source said: “The Tories stuffed the House of Lords, creating a serious imbalance that has allowed them to frustrate our plans to make working families better off.
“This needs to be corrected to deliver on our mandate from the British people.
“We will continue to progress our programme of reform, which includes removing the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the Lords.”
