{UAH} Outrage as Archbishop John Sentamu is not awarded automatic life peerage

By Daily Mail

Downing Street has been slammed after snubbing Britain's first black archbishop when he wasn't awarded an automatic life peerage.

Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, 71, was expected to receive a life peerage so he would be able to continue sitting in the House of Lords after he retired on June 7.

While there is no automatic right for archbishops to be given a life peerage, Sentamu's snubbing broke a tradition which saw his predecessor, Lord Hope, and the last Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, made into life peers.

It is unclear exactly why Sentamu, who voted Remain in the EU referendum but later voted for Theresa May's Leave deal, wasn't awarded a life peerage.The Government claims it needs to cut down on numbers in the House of Lords. 

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