The Conservative government is 'the most corrupt for at least a century', former Labour PM Gordon Brown has told LBC's Andrew Marr, amid a Tory PPE scandal
Listen to this articleFormer Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown made the claim on LBC on Monday after he unveiled sweeping plans to reform the British constitutional settlement, including creating a 'corruption commissioner' to root out dodgy dealing in the government.
"They're not proposing it, change has got to come from Labour, and that will come with Keir Starmer." "Because what's happened in the last few years is people have lost trust in the legitimacy and the credibility of national institutions.’ "So we want to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with an elected chamber that has really strong mission."
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