Summary
LOCAL councillors should select members of the new-look House of Lords to give it a strong northern voice, one of Tony Blair's key allies suggested yesterday.
Hazel Blears, the party's chairwoman, proposed a system of "indirect elections" to prevent the reformed upper chamber being "London-centric".See the full content of this document
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Blears Suggests a 'Northern Voice'
The model - adopted in France and Germany - would see councillors elected by voters in Merseyside and Cheshire pick ...
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