The speakers are asked what a Labour government would do to improve transport connections, particularly in the north.

Starmer says the first thing he would is "keep our promises, put resource in and also give more power" to those in positions to make direct decisions, like mayors.

He says although trains and rail strikes have had a lot of attention, the majority of people get to work on buses.

Tracy Brabin, Leeds Mayor, says reducing bus fares during a cost-of-living crisis has been vital, but she's heard from her community that many private bus companies have pulled their services out of less profitable routes.

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Stamer is asked if his party is really going to "hand power away" as the first thing it does in government.

"Yes, I think it's absolutely vital," the Labour leader says, with the audience clapping in response.

"But I don’t see it as handing power away, I see it as putting power where it should be," he adds.

He says the country will only be able to repair its economy and politics if we recognise that decisions about communities are "best made by those with skin in the game".

The Mirror asks whether Starmer would commit to abolishing hereditary peers in the House of Lords and where a second chamber would be based.

He says "the sooner we can abolish them [hereditary peers], the better".

He adds that the House of Lords reforms in the report commissioned by Labour are important, but they have to be seen as part of the wider package of proposals put forward today.

Starmer says the second chamber should have representatives from the devolved nations. However, he doesn't say which UK city it would be based in.

When asked by the Telegraph if he would "lead by example" by asking 76 Labour MPs to give up second jobs, Starmer responds by saying that proposals in the report on second jobs will be consulted on.

Last year he called for a ban on all second jobs for MPs.

BBC political editor Chris Mason asks how much of the report Starmer wants to deliver, not just talk about, and whether the pledge to abolish the Hose of Lords will happen in the first term (five years) of a Labour government.

Starmer says the terms of reference of the commission set out that the recommendations should be deliverable in the first five years of a Labour government.

He insists it is "not going to be a talking shop" and the party does not want to be talking after an election, which is why it is consulting on the issues now.

When Labour is in power, it will be about delivery, he insists.

He adds that all the recommendations of the report will be delivered "as quickly as possible".

When asked which policy announced today would change people's lives from day one, Starmer responds by speaking of "devolving power in relation to skills, education, transport, resources, finances" into local communities so they can "help us grow the economy".

He adds that this would "bring about a huge change everywhere".

Sky News' Beth Rigby asks Gordon Brown about whether Scotland could become independent "in your lifetime or mine".

Brown says that many people voted for Brexit in 2016 because it was "their only chance of change", and in 2014 many people in Scotland voted for independence because "they thought that was the only change on offer".

He says today's Labour report is creating new ground, providing an alternative, and adds that his proposal suggests "change within Britain" rather than change by leaving Britain.

Brown says there's an immediate request for change from Scotland on issues surrounding the health system and housing - and it's on those areas that Brown believes Labour's new vision will win over the British electorate.

We're on to questions from the media now.

Sky News' Beth Rigby suggests that at a time when people are struggling to pay their bills, Labour's report might look "completely out of touch" and like "another politician talking to Westminster about stuff that might never come to pass".

Starmer says the report is the "complete opposite" of what she suggests and is "vitally important".

He argues the biggest thing holding the country back is the "failure of economic growth over last 12 years" and amongst the causes of this is that not every part of the country has been empowered to play its part.

"This could not be more relevant," he adds.

Nick Eardley
Chief political correspondent

Gordon Brown is clearly passionate about moving power away from Westminster.

He has been working on this report for two years with a panel.

He was also a key figure in discussing more devolution for Scotland after the independence referendum (though independence supporters believe his promises weren’t kept).

The challenge though, is making it happen.

Would Labour prioritise these constitutional reforms in power? Or would it get swept up in other things if it wins the next election?

Today we are getting ideas to be consulted upon. It will take a lot more for them to become reality.

Starmer says the vision from the report will now be a matter of public consultation, to ensure that it can be refined.

He invites everyone to take part in building a fairer and greener country.

"Together we'll build a better future," he ends his speech.

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Starmer says redistribution is a "good thing", and that by empowering towns and cities Labour will "reignite" the economy.

But he says "it's not a one-word plan for a fair society or a strong economy".

He says a Labour government would replace the unelected House of Lords with a "new, smaller, democratically elected second chamber".

This will not only be less expensive but will also represent the regions and nations of the UK, he adds.

Gordon Brown has now finished speaking and has introduced Labour leader Keir Starmer to the stage.

Brown says the issue in Scotland regarding independence should no longer be "independence versus the status-quo", but change within the UK to benefit Scotland.

He says today he hopes "we can give people hope" and provide a government run by the people.

Brown says the aftermath of the Brexit referendum has seen the "old Conservative establishment" take back control and left voters feeling "neglected".

"Labour is not the old establishment in waiting, it is the new government in waiting - ready to transform Britain," he says.

Brown says the "era of self-regulation at the centre is over" and "we need a clean up but we also need a clear out".

He says there would be a ban on foreign funding in British politics, and on second jobs for MPs.

According to Brown, some 50,000 civil servants should be transferred out of London to save some £200m.

To ensure the right powers are in right places Britain "needs a new Westminster and a new Whitehall", Brown says.

Gordon Brown says a Labour government would transfer 638 job centres from "inflexible central" government control to local control, to match "local employment needs".

He also says control of 200 education colleges would be handed over to local government.

Gordon Brown says under the proposals from the report published today, there are 288 future "engines of growth" across the UK.

His aim is to "develop all of the potential of all of the people".

The new economic clusters of growth identified by the former PM span from digital media to life sciences.

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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who oversaw the report, begins his speech by saying Labour is "ditching a century of centralisation” that has "brought us Conservative sleaze and Conservative scandal".

He says the proposals would see an end to the idea that the "man in Whitehall somehow knows best".

The launch event for Labour's report on reforms to the UK's political system is just getting under way, with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown about to speak shortly.

You can watch the event by clicking on the play button at the top of the page.

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