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Theresa May’s government policy disregarded the notion that it should support the poorest and is instead actively worsening the life chances of anyone growing up in poverty. Welfare policy is forcing even working, stable families into a situation where they cannot provide adequately for their children.
The crossbench grouping of the 4th Earl Baldwin is one of several set out in law, meaning that when one hereditary peer retires or dies, a ‘by-election’ is held for a replacement chosen from within that group. 31 aristocrats will decide one of their fellow elite to sit in our parliament, and vote on our laws, for the rest of that person’s life, or until their retirement or expulsion.
