Starmer Says UK Is ‘Broken Model’ as Labour Unveils Replacement for House of Lords

Sir Keir Starmer (R) pictured with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, at the University of Leeds in England on Dec. 5, 2022. PA

The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has described Britain as a “broken model” and said the country was “crying out for a new approach.”

Speaking in Leeds at the launch of a report (pdf) by Labour’s Commission on the UK’s future, headed by ex-premier Gordon Brown, Starmer said the country needed “higher standards in public life, a wider spread of power and opportunity, and better economic growth.”