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Boris Johnson is set to parachute Brexit-backing peers into the House of Lords.

The Prime Minister wants to install a host of Leave-supporting allies in the Upper Chamber to help the Tories force through his policy to quit the EU on October 31.

Peers have previously made clear their opposition to a no-deal departure – and No10 wants to boost Brexiteer numbers to balance up the Second Chamber.

The Mirror understands an initial batch of six peers will be appointed – paving the way for further peers later.

It means Wetherspoons pub chain boss Tim Martin, one of the highest-profile business figures backing Brexit , could be donning ermine and sliding onto the red leather benches.

Other names being touted in reports today include hedge fund tycoons Michael Hintze and Crispin Odey - who've both been big-money donors to the Tories.

Mr Odey made £220million overnight as sterling slumped after the 2016 referendum result - and has since donated £10,000 to Mr Johnson.

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Leave-backing economist Gerard Lyons could also be ennobled.

Sources said the new peers would “restore the balance” in the Remain-packed Upper House.

Leave-voting figures “who had been looked over in the past” could be in line for the honour, they added.

But is is thought Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will be snubbed again – despite his desperation to be recognised.

The Mirror is campaigning to abolish to the unelected House of Lords, where peers can trouser £305 a day just for turning up.

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In 2016 Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg , who is now the Commons Leader, suggested sending 1,000 barons and baronesses to the Lordsto force through Brexit amid fears peers would scupper EU withdrawal.

“One way round the difficulty would be to create a thousand new peers to overcome the Remain majority in the Upper House,” he wrote in a newspaper.

The revelation comes amid reports the Archbishop of Canterbury is in talks to chair a series of public meetings aimed at thwarting a no-deal exit.

Justin Welby is liaising with a cross-party group of senior MPs over holding a citizens' assembly to make recommendations on Britain's EU exit.

The Archbishop has previously spoken out against leaving the bloc without a pact, telling the House of Lords it "would be not only be a political and practical failure but a moral one, equally as serious as ignoring the result of the referendum entirely".