The UK Labour party has announced its proposed plans on reforming devolved powers in Westminster including additional powers for Wales. The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, described the reforms as the “biggest transfer of power from Westminster” and said they would go ahead if the party wins the next general election.
The recommendations came from a report carried out by former prime minister Gordon Brown. According to the former PM a Labour government would abandon “centuries of centralisation” of power.
In a conference in Leeds on Monday Sir Keir set out a few of the reforms which included shifting 50,000 civil servants out of London as well as abolishing the House of Lords and forming an elected second chamber in its place. In the report Mr Brown said the second chamber in Westminster would play an important role in “ensuring that power cannot be clawed back to the centre by future governments”.
