Labour unveils plan to overhaul constitution and replace the Lords

All 40 of Gordon Brown’s recommendations will now be subject to consultation. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Labour will consult on replacing what the party calls the “indefensible” House of Lords with an elected chamber as part of a 40-point plan written by Gordon Brown to overhaul the constitution, but stopped short of committing to its abolition in the manifesto.

Keir Starmer will on Monday join Brown for the launch of the former prime minister’s Commission on the UK’s Future, which makes recommendations on Lords reform, devolution of power and the future of the union.