Sir Keir Starmer vows to abolish House of Lords if elected as UK PM, read details

Sir Keir Starmer has a strong opinion about Britain’s House of Lords. He deems it unnecessary, wanting to abolish it if he were to be elected the country’s Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, Starmer and Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister, are preparing to publish their report on the party’s commission on UK’s future in Leeds.

Brown stated that abolishing the House of Lords was integral to his party’s reforms. He intends to take this proposal up the Labour party’s hierarchy. Brown added that his Labour party would establish a new democratic second chamber named the Assembly of Nations and Regions in the place of the House of Lords.


Starmer added that the abolishment was a significant recommendation, and he wishes to test it and see how its implementation will work. He also went on to mention that it would be done in his first term itself as he wanted recommendations that were actionable immediately.


Starmer added that his party would get just one chance at fixing the country’s economy and politics, and he wanted to do it right.

However, Starmer’s rival, Lord Norton, urged caution on these reforms. Norton stated that people should be wary of such significant reforms that usually result in displacements. He added that the country’s problems needed constitutional reforms, which were easier.

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