Leader says ‘nonsense’ to assume people don’t care about issues like devolution and Lords amid cost of living crisis
Keir Starmer has billed a Labour plan to overhaul the constitution, including greater devolution and abolishing the House of Lords, as an attempt to seek longer-term political solutions rather than what he called “sticking plaster politics”.
Ahead of the formal launch in Leeds on Monday of the 40-point plan written by Gordon Brown, the Labour leader rejected the idea that voters would be less interested in such reforms than in cost of living issues, saying many day-to-day problems were exacerbated by a fixation on short-term thinking.
Leader says ‘nonsense’ to assume people don’t care about issues like devolution and Lords amid cost of living crisisKeir Starmer has billed a Labour plan to overhaul the constitution, including greater devolution and abolishing the House of Lords, as an attempt to seek longer-term political solutions rather than what he called “sticking plaster politics”.Ahead of the formal launch in Leeds on Monday of the 40-point plan written by Gordon Brown, the Labour leader rejected the idea that voters would be less interested in such reforms than in cost of living issues, saying many day-to-day problems were exacerbated by a fixation on short-term thinking. Continue reading…
