PM vows to bring ‘integrity’ back to UK’s sleazy honours systems after 46 of Cameron’s cronies bagged gongs
Pledge came with a promise to slim down the House of Lords and reduce the number of MPs by 50 to 600
THERESA MAY has vowed to bring back “integrity” to the UK’s sleazy honours system after David Cameron’s handed gongs to 46 of his former aides and donors.
It came with a promise to slim down the House of Lords and reduce the number of MPs by 50 to 600.
And the Tories will also make it illegal to vote in the UK without a photo ID like a passport or driver’s license in a clampdown on voting fraud.
The next Tory Government would also reform the postal voting system “to ensure that our elections are the most secure in the world.”
And the Mrs May said her Government would repeal the Fixed Term Parliament Act that said an election could be only held every 5 years.
Introduced in 2010, Mrs May all but torpedoed the law by pushing her snap General Election through the Commons.
In future a Premier will return to being able to call an election whenever they like.
The Tory manifesto states: “We will review the honours system to make sure it commands public confidence, rewards genuine public service and that recipients uphold the integrity of the honours bestowed.