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Reaction as Labour mulls abolishing House of Lords if it wins next election

"If Labour pledge to abolish Lords and replace with a house that favours regions and nations they will sweep to power", David Yelland said.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-09-23 06:22
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The Labour Party could consider replacing the House of Lords with an assembly of regions and nations.

The suggestion was made in a draft of a constitutional review led by former prime minister Gordon Brown.

The draft also suggested handing new economic powers, including over tax, to local regions and devolved nations, according to the Guardian.

The newspaper, which saw a leaked copy of the review, reported that measures under consideration included allowing local democratically elected bodies to promote Bills in Parliament, giving citizens a constitutional guarantee of social and economic rights, and handing mayors power over local education, transport and research funding.

A new ethics panel could see a jury of citizens rule on complaints against MPs as part of a wider crackdown on standards in Parliament.

Second jobs for MPs could be banned and a new code of conduct could replace the ministerial code under the proposals.

Labour did not deny the reporting but stressed that the commission’s work is ongoing.

A Labour spokesperson said: “This refers to one of several early drafts. The commission has yet to take a view on all these issues.”

Party leader Sir Keir Starmer commissioned Mr Brown, who was in Number 10 from 2007 to 2010, to lead the review into possible reforms last September.

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The agreed measures could reportedly be unveiled later this year.

Reaction to the proposed policy has poured in, with former Sun editor David Yelland describing such a move as “huge”.

Huge. If Labour pledge to abolish Lords and replace with a house that favours regions and nations they will sweep to power. pic.twitter.com/EebvIJKtzd

— David Yelland (@davidyelland) September 22, 2022

Former spin doctor Alastair Campbell said it sounds like a “damn fine piece of work to me”, while James O’Brien said Boris Johnson was to blame for accelerating the case against the House after appointing “so many utterly unworthy people”.

This sounds like a damn fine piece of work to me. At a time so many people feel politics Is broken, we need big radical change to try to fix it. https://t.co/uUxV0wbqgx

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) September 22, 2022

There is a *very* strong case to be made that by appointing so many utterly unworthy people to the House of Lords, Boris Johnson has accelerated its demise. However strong the arguments for retention, the ennoblements Zac Goldsmith, Claire Fox & Daniel Moylan will destroy them.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) September 22, 2022

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