Interesting to see the proposals bring unveiled today by Labour. They include a reform of the house of Lords and more devolved powers. Proposals also include more revenue raising powers for local government and 50,000 civil service jobs being moved out of London. A few things strike me One. 50,000 staff members will be expensive to relocate, if indeed they want to move and if they don't that's a lot of knowledge and skill lost. With the current working practices, more people are working remotely so again they may not want to do a long commute on their days in the office. Two. Devolving power, whilst allowing local decisions to be made, adds layers of bureaucracy which in turn adds costs which means services cost more. Three. The concept of more revenue raising smacks of local taxes which means the government can say they haven't raised taxes but we all end up paying more. The plans to reform the House of Lords sounds like it will echo the American system, and if so can we expect to see one house blocking the other if opposing parties have their political members in power ? Will these ideas being presented work or will they add to the problems?