Q: What is your view of regional government?
Starmer says devolution is a mess. He says the principle should be for decisions to be made as close to people as they can be.
He says Labour has to have a discussion about how it devolves power. It should not just be a matter of, say, devolving power to Scotland or Wales. It needs to go a lot further than that.
Long-Bailey says she wants to abolish the House of Lords. She would also devolve power to every region. At the election Labour talked about setting up regional offices, but it did not talk about what they would do.
Nandy says she is a big fan of what Andy Burnham has done as mayor for Greater Manchester. But the model is flawed, she says. Outside of election time, Burnham is only accountable to the council leaders, she says.
She also says she would abolish local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) because she thinks they have been a failure.
Q: What would you do about endemic landlordism?
Starmer says affordable housing should be seen as a basic human right. He says at his advice surgery he sees every week families living in a one-bed flat.
For the private sector, he supports a licensing system.
Long-Bailey says her parents were very proud that their chidren were able to buy their won homes. But for the next generation that won’t necessarily be possible, she says. So she says Labour has to build more council homes.
Nandy says rent controls work, but only with a radical expansion of council housing. So Labour should build more council homes.
Q: What slogan would you have?
Starmer says he does not know. Substance matters more than slogans, he says.
Long-Bailey says she talks about aspirational socialism. Her slogan would be: “You deserve the best.”
