“Let the work of change begin,” Gordon Brown declared today as he returned to Downing Street as the new prime minister of Great Britain.

The Campaign for a Democratic Upper House welcomes the 21^st Labour leader since 1906 and the now Labour Prime Minster to his new role. We hope that the Prime Minister’s calls for a ‘new constitutional settlement’ will be a top priority as he undertakes ‘the work of change’.

“The need for change cannot be met by old politics,” Gordon Brown said as he pledged to build a government that would use all the talents “in the spirit of public service that will make our nation what it can be”.

Gordon Brown said during the leadership hustings that:

‘As far as the House of Lords is concerned 80% elected is how I voted ’Watch Gordon Browns comment on Lords reform on You Tube here (about 7 minutes in).

The Campaign for a Democratic Upper House calls on Gordon Brown to fulfil the historic Labour commitment, the Labour manifesto commitment and current party policy and move with all haste to reform the House of Lords. If Gordon Brown is serious about change then his constitutional settlement must change British politics for good - It cant do this while encumbered by a conservative, antiquated, and totally undemocratic Upper House of Parliament.

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