GORDON Brown’s plans for reforming the UK constitution have been dismissed by opponents as insubstantial – but what is actually in them?
A key pledge is to abolish the House of Lords – something Keir Starmer has backed – and replace it with an elected “assembly of nations and regions”, which Labour said would have the power to halt devolution-trampling laws like the Internal Market Act.
That law gave the UK Government powers which went against the Sewel Convention. This idea, named after Lord Sewel, sets out the principle that the UK Government should not legislate in devolved areas without the consent of Holyrood.
