On 5th December 2022, Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer announced a plan to abolish the House of Lords as part of a series of sweeping reforms aimed to decentralize Westminster power and lay the foundations of the Labour party’s platform for a future general election campaign.

Episode seven of Jumping Off Points examines what the House of Lords does, and sees hosts Timbah and Aidan debating Starmer’s plan to abolish it.