Sadiq Khan joins House of Lords as outgoing UK PM names 26 new peers
- PM Keir Starmer’s final honours list also includes campaigners, military leaders and senior civil servants.
- Sadiq Khan and 25 others will now be able to sit in the House of Lords, where they can scrutinise, revise and vote on United Kingdom legislation as life peers.
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has named the mayor of London as one of 26 people to be given seats in the House of Lords, in one of his final acts as prime minister.
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- PM Keir Starmer’s final honours list also includes campaigners, military leaders and senior civil servants.
- Sadiq Khan and 25 others will now be able to sit in the House of Lords, where they can scrutinise, revise and vote on United Kingdom legislation as life peers.
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has named the mayor of London as one of 26 people to be given seats in the House of Lords, in one of his final acts as prime minister.
Sources: Al Jazeera