Farage urges Starmer to appoint Reform peers to House of Lords

Party leader’s demand dismissed by defence secretary as a plea for ‘more Putin apologists’ in parliament

Nigel Farage has called for the right to nominate Reform UK supporters to the House of Lords, claiming this would address a “democratic disparity”.

The demand was dismissed by the defence secretary, John Healey, who said parliament would not benefit from “more Putin apologists”.