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King Charles has delivered his speech at the Palace of Westminster as Sir Keir Starmer set out his vision for Britain at the State Opening of Parliament.
Making his first King’s Speech under a Labour government, the monarch said the legislative programme would be based on ‘security, fairness and opportunity for all’ as he set out measures on illegal migration, housing, planning, workers’ rights and railway nationalisation.
The King travelled from Buckingham Palace to Westminster to deliver his address in the House of Lords on a day packed with pomp and ceremony as the new Parliament officially opens.
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A Bill will be introduced to modernise the asylum and immigration system, establishing a new Border Security Command and delivering enhanced counter terror powers to tackle organised immigration crime.
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My Government’s legislative programme will be mission led and based upon the principles of security, fairness and opportunity for all.
Stability will be the cornerstone of my Government’s economic policy and every decision will be consistent with its fiscal rules.
My Government will seek a new partnership with both business and working people and help the country move on from the recent cost-of-living challenges by prioritising wealth creation for all communities.
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Labour’s green belt plans is ‘shameless spin’
Obviously we accept and agree that more houses need to be built, but they need to be built in the right places.
For example, in my view, they should be built on brownfield sites in city centres, those kinds of places first looking at maybe new towns, but what we should not be doing is ripping up the green belt.
He said housing should be built on brownfield sites and by building high in town and city centres – for example in Canary Wharf or the Greenwich Peninsula in London.
They are talking about huge chunks of the green belt, not the odd car park. You can’t just suddenly claim that a whole load of green belt is now called the grey belt and it’s okay to build on it. I mean, that’s just obviously a piece of nonsensical and shameless spin.
Labour – Our planning reforms may be controversial
We were very clear during the election campaign that we would come out of this on the side of getting things built more quickly.
That may be controversial in some places, I’ve no doubt that it will be.
But it’s reasonable for people to expect that, if we said that during the campaign, it’s what they see when the King’s Speech is published later today.
If we do nothing on this, we will continue with a situation where there’s a whole generation of young people for whom the aspiration of owning their own home, or sometimes even renting one at a reasonable price, will continue to be unrealisable.
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King’s Speech – Government will strengthen borders and keep streets safe
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King’s Speech: Securing growth is ‘fundamental mission’
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What are the King and Queen wearing at State Opening of Parliament?
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King and Queen arrive at State Opening of Parliament
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Police arrest protesters planning to disrupt State Opening of Parliament
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The State Opening of Parliament: Order of the day and timings
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State Opening of Parliament: Traditions to look out for today
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Labour – Our planning reforms may be controversial
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The King’s Speech: What measures can we expect to see?
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