Leader wants to ‘return power to where it should be’ but some in his own team are reluctant to expend the political capital

At the launch of Labour’s sweeping plans for constitutional change, Keir Starmer was asked a question that has been troubling some of his own shadow cabinet for months: “After 12 years out of power, is handing it away really going to be the first thing you do?”

The Labour leader, despite some briefing over the weekend that sought to play down parts of the 155-page report, was categorical that if he does end up in office after the next election, there will be no time for delay.

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