build the future our country deserves means change. it means higher standards in public life, a wider spread of power and opportunity. and better economic growth that benefits everyone, wherever they are. no more navelgazing or facing wherever they are. no more navelgazing orfacing inwards higher, wider, better. that is how britain must set its sights. and i m determined that with labour, that is exactly what we will do. that is why i ask to gordon and the commission to carry out a report on the future of the uk. i asked them to put together proposals for the biggest ever transfer of power from westminster to the british people. so that if labour winds the next election, britain will see a change notjust in who governs but how we are governed. the tools to a fairer
into the uk s future. this morning mr brown laid out the finding of the report, saying labour is not the old establishment in waiting, it is the new government in waiting ready to transform britain, sir keir starmer rejected a sticking plaster approach to reform of the uk, as he unveiled his party s plans to decentralise power away from westminster. he said the report identified 288 future engines of growth across the uk , 200 of them outside london. and it recommended some 50,000 civil servants should be transferred out of london to save £200 million. a government source says starmer is playing politics while they are focusing on priorites like the economy and immigration. the report was overseen by former prime minister gordon brown. 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
the relationship between central government and the devolved authorities. replacing the unelected house of lords with a new smaller, democratically elected second chamber. not only less expensive but also representing the regions and nations of the united kingdom. sir keir starmer at the launch of that report. sir keir starmer at the launch of that report- that report. this is our chief olitical that report. this is our chief political correspondent. - that report. this is our chief - political correspondent. they re calling it a blueprint for a new britain? it calling it a blueprint for a new britain? , ., , , ~ britain? it is a big, bold pledge. a heavy document. britain? it is a big, bold pledge. a heavy document. 155 britain? it is a big, bold pledge. a heavy document. 155 pages - britain? it is a big, bold pledge. a heavy document. 155 pages of- heavy document. 155 pages of recommendations from the former prime minister gordon brown. everything from allowing the scottish gove
in the report and as you will have seen, and we will consult on those as we will consult on other issues will stop actually, about a year ago we already set out our position in regard to second jobs when this first cropped up. i was in the middle of a press conference when borisjohnson tried to bomb my press conference by proposing the very same thing in relation to second jobs. the difference is, he hasn t got on with it. we have set out in their proposals in clear terms in their proposals in clear terms in the report. there is obviously again a question of how we implement those but we have actually set out a pretty compelling case on second jobs. 0n the question of where the government goes next on the strikes, i don t think more legislation, restricting the right to strike is the right way forward. i think the government should fix the underlying problems. the government should get off its hands, it has been sitting on them throughout these disputes, rather than resolving them. you
report up, i asked you which policy in this report from up, i asked you which policy in this report from day one will change pe0ple s report from day one will change people s lives, because it is so amorphous, what is the one thing that you amorphous, what is the one thing that you are going to do, the most important that you are going to do, the most important thing in that report that will change all of our lives. devolving power in relation to skills, education, transport, resources, finances into our local communities so that they can help us grow the economy. there are so many examples of this, you ve got videogames in dundee, you ve got ceramics in the midlands, you ve got creative media in bristol and bath, hydrogen could be what the north east revitalises around, there are so many examples, i think we ve got 288 economic clusters, if we were able to transfer power in this way and get those cluster to operate, it would bring about a huge change everywhere, including here