Fears have been raised of a post-election House of Cronies after both main parties put forward allies of their leaders and children of former MPs as candidates.
Several left-wing MPs claimed that since Rishi Sunak made his general election announcement, they were told they would be raised to the House of Lords if they passed up their seats.
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