Decarbonization efforts with a publicly owned green energy firm.
Government expected to announce over 35 bills including border security, local government powers and budget scrutiny.
Infrastructure improvements such as housebuilding and nationalizing railways planned.
Possible lowering of voting age from 18 to 16 and House of Lords reform.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the Labour Party to announce UK government's plans in King's Speech on July 17, 2024.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the newly elected Labour Party in the United Kingdom is set to announce the government's plans for the coming year in a speech to Parliament on July 17, 2024. The speech, known as the King's Speech, will outline a wide-ranging legislative agenda aimed at taking 'the brakes off Britain' and creating wealth for people across the country. Starmer has promised to reconcile his party's promises of bold change and modest cost in this address.
The government is expected to announce more than 35 bills, including measures to strengthen border security following the scrapping of a controversial plan to send people arriving in the U.K. across the English Channel on a one-way trip to Rwanda. There will also be moves to give more powers to local government and ensure all government budgets get advance independent scrutiny.
Additionally, there are plans for infrastructure improvements, such as housebuilding and nationalizing railways, as well as efforts to decarbonize the nation's power supply with a publicly owned green energy firm. Starmer may also tackle issues like lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 and reforming the House of Lords.
The King's Speech is an important occasion in British politics, marking the formal opening of Parliament for each new session. It sets out the government's legislative agenda for the coming year and provides a platform for announcing significant policy initiatives. The speech is not written by the monarch but by government officials.
King Charles III will outline Labour’s first programme for government in a decade and a half on Wednesday.
Labour won the election over the Conservatives, ending 14 years of Conservative rule.
The address is not written by the monarch but by the government, detailing proposed laws for the next 12 months.
Legislation will also include announcements such as launching a fund to draw investment into the UK and creating a publicly owned body tasked with boosting clean power by 2030.
Labour is expected to announce the restoration of mandatory housebuilding targets, plans to renationalise Britain’s rail services, and opening recruitment for a new border security command.
A bill to boost workers’ rights, including a ban on zero-hour contracts and strengthened protections for renters is also expected.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer will focus on turbocharging a flagging economy as part of Labour’s legislative plans.
King Charles will deliver the proposals from a golden throne in the House of Lords during a lavish ceremony.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will announce the UK government’s plans for the coming year in the King’s Speech on Wednesday, aiming to reconcile promises of bold change and modest cost.
Starmer described his measures as taking ‘the brakes off Britain’ and creating wealth for people across the country.
The government is expected to give more powers to local government and ensure all government budgets get advance independent scrutiny.
There will be moves to strengthen border security following the scrapping of a controversial plan to send people arriving in the U.K. to Rwanda.
A law regulating the development of artificial intelligence is expected, marking a possible break from the previous government’s light-touch approach.
Starmer may tackle issues such as lowering the voting age and reforming the House of Lords, including removing hereditary nobles and setting a retirement age for members.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer aims to reconcile Labour Party’s promise of bold change and modest cost in the upcoming King’s Speech
Starmer promises to patch up the country’s aging infrastructure and frayed public services without raising personal taxes or violating unbreakable fiscal rules
Labour government plans to announce more than 35 bills, including housebuilding, nationalizing railways, decarbonizing power supply with a publicly owned green energy firm, strengthening border security and regulating AI development
Jill Rutter expects the speech to be ambitious and wide-ranging with moves to give more powers to local government and ensure all government budgets get advance independent scrutiny
Starmer may tackle issues like lowering voting age from 18 to 16, reforming the House of Lords, and reviving Sunak’s plan to stop future generations from smoking by gradually raising the minimum age for buying tobacco
