Local government minister Alison McGovern and LBC's Nick Ferrari

LBC’s Nick Ferrari cornered a Labour minister over the government’s attempts to deflect criticism after appointing 25 more peers to the House of Lords.

When in opposition in 2022, Keir Starmer promised: “Labour will rebuild trust by reforming the centre of government, and replacing the unelected House of Lords with a new, smaller, democratically-elected second chamber.”

He also accused his Tory predecessors of handing out peerages to “lackeys and donors”.

But on Wednesday night, it was revealed that the prime minister had appointed 25 more peers to the upper house in a bid to strengthen support for his legislation.

A former No.10 director of communications, Matthew Doyle, and a former chief of staff to Rachel Reeves, Katie Martin, were among the new appointments.

So on Thursday morning, presenter Ferrari asked........

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