including the abililty to sign international agreements within devolved areas of policy. sir keir starmer says the proposals could be implemented within five years of a labour government. our political editor, chris mason reports from leeds, where labour unveiled its plans. train message: welcome aboard this azuma to leeds. how are we governed, and from where? labour want to convince you that too much power is hoarded in london. sir keir starmer headed to leeds. britain is one of the most centralised systems in europe, and the centre has not delivered. i don t want it to fall apart, i want us to build something new. we are on our fifth prime minister, since this man was in downing street. the ideas labour are exploring have come from a report by gordon brown. we are calling a halt to the over centralisation of power at the i centre that has brought us conservative sleaze and conservative
laid out the finding of the report, to secure the irreversible transfer of wealth, income and opportunity that we want to see, we also need an irreversible transfer of power. past devolution settlements, as tracy has just described, have left the centre unreformed. so, to ensure the right powers are in the right places, we must first stop the wrong powers being wielded by the wrong people in the wrong places. and so the new britain needs a new westminster and we need a new whitehall. in his speech, sir keir set out proposals on increased devolution and reforming the house of lords. britain is one of the most centralised systems in europe and the centre has not delivered. i don t want it to fall apart. i want us to build something new. anyone can see what is happening in the uk
of power from westminster to other parts of the uk if his party wins the next election. labour says the changes will help economy. the house of lords would be abolished and replaced with a smaller, democratically elected second chamber, which would include representatives from the nations and regions. power decentralised away from westminster would mean more clout, says labour, for english mayors, local authorities and the devolved governments. scotland in particular would be given a greater say, including the abililty to sign international agreements, within devolved areas of policy. sir keir starmer says the proposals could be implemented within five years of a new labour government. with more, here s our political editor, chris mason. train message: welcome aboard this azuma to leeds. how are we governed, and from where? labour want to convince you that too much power is hoarded in london. sir keir starmer headed to leeds. britain is one of the most centralised systems in europe,
potential. britain is one of the most centralised systems in europe, and the centre has not delivered. now, i don t want it to fall apart, i want us to build something new. anyone can see what s happening in the uk today. we have an unbalanced economy, one which makes too little use of the talents of too few people in too few places. and which the tories have dragged into a vicious cycle of low growth and high taxes. faced with this narrow path of stagnation, is it any surprise that people up and down the country are crying out for a new approach? now, during the brexit referendum, i argued for remain. but i couldn t disagree with the basic case that lots of leave voters made to me. they wanted more control over their lives. more control over their country. they wanted to create