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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 09:24:00

The house of lords is indefensible. anybody who looks at the house of lords would struggle to say that it should be kept. so, we want to abolish the house of lords and replace it with an elected chamber that has a really strong mission. so, for example, looks after devolution, actually makes sure that our politics works. so, yes, we do need to abolish the house of lords. the reason we are having the consultation now, before the election, is because i am absolutely determined that an incoming labour government will be a government of delivery. therefore, i want the consultation out of the way before the election and then i want to get on with delivering. and all of the recommendations in the report, including the recommendation in relation to the house of lords, are deliberately written in a way that means they can be implemented within the first five years of a labour government. you will notice that keir starmer said a few times, consultation, because what he is not doing today is tak ....

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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 10:20:00

We are now going to take some questions from the media, and i know it has been a race with the trains to see who arrived and in what order they arrive, but i am going to do my best on who i know and think is here. beth from sky news, can we take you first, i can see you arrived safely. take you first, i can see you arrived safely. take you first, i can see you arrived safel . ,, ., ., ., arrived safely. keir starmer, at a time when arrived safely. keir starmer, at a time when people arrived safely. keir starmer, at a time when people are arrived safely. keir starmer, at a time when people are struggling| arrived safely. keir starmer, at a i time when people are struggling to pay their bills, feed their families and are striking over pay settlements, you have produced a 155 page report talking about devolution, constitution, reform and abolishing the house of lords, this might look to many people as completely out of touch, and you could look like another politician talking to we ....

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BBCNEWS BBC News at Six June 4, 2024 17:39:00

In which we governed the country, in terms of the largest transfer of powers from westminster to the british people in modern politics. that involves devolution to scotland, as well. it is notjust powers to edinburgh, but the powers out of edinburgh. it is also about westminster being more amenable to working with the nations and regions, and having that enshrined in law. how committed are you to these proposals? are they proposals, will they go in the next election manifesto? 5ir they go in the next election manifesto? they go in the next election manifesto? ,, ,, ., ., , they go in the next election manifesto? ,, ,, . ., , , manifesto? sir keir starmer has been ve clear manifesto? sir keir starmer has been very clear today- manifesto? sir keir starmer has been very clear today. these manifesto? sir keir starmer has been very clear today. these proposals - very clear today. these proposals will now go out for consultation on implementation. when he becomes prime minister hopefull ....

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BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten June 4, 2024 22:20:00

And we go on and on. we will go on with this sticking plaster approach forever. we ve been doing it for 12 years, it s one of the reasons we haven t got anywhere. at this toddler group, parents appeared open minded, if a little sceptical about the ideas. i mean, it would be really good. i m not sure how realistic it is. it would be great, though, to have a bit more representation up north because it is very different to when you go to london. you know, you see the services they have there and you come up here and you try and get the train to sheffield and it can take absolutely ages. i see the value of a second chamber, even an unelected second chamber. yeah, i think there is a place for having experts scrutinising policy. yeah, i mean, i d like to believe it. | i think it would be great to bring a bit more life to these - places, notjust london. ministers claim labour is late to the party. this government has devolved more power out of london than any government before it, we ve creat ....

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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 09:23:00

Be released at ten o clock but we got our hands on a draft over the weekend so we think we know the vast majority of what is in it. and although, yes, this is about stopping the house of lords, yes, this is about devolution to scotland, wales and northern ireland, it is also about more power across england as well. so, some of the things gordon brown is talking about include 50,000 jobs in the civil service moving from london to other parts of the uk, he talks about giving more powers to local government in england, including revenue raising powers, the ability to raise some money and to spend it on the priorities that local leaders have. the house of lords abolition is an important pledge that the labour party has made for quite some time now, and there is that question i think about whether they will actually see it through, whatever the promises are. sir keir starmer was on bbc breakfast this morning and he was asked about this. ....

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