Keir Starmer 'takes the brakes off' Britain and unveils Red revolution: King's Speech will see locals stopped from blocking new homes, railways renationalised, Net Zero push, truancy crackdown and smoking ban revived...
but votes at 16 delayed Follow all the developments in the King's Speech with MailOnline's live blog here By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 11:43, 17 July 2024 | Updated: 11:50, 17 July 2024 e-mail View comments Keir Starmer took his first steps in forging 'Red Britain' today as he unveiled a King's Speech for 'working people'. The monarch outlined a blizzard of around 40 bills in the new government's maiden legislative programme, with the PM vowing to deliver 'real change that transforms lives'. The measures include a major overhaul of the planning system, renationalising the railways, a Net Zero push, a truancy crackdown and bringing Channel smuggling gangs under terror laws.
Amid the usual pomp and ceremony, the King said ministers will go ahead with controversial class-war plans to impose VAT on private school fees. The ban on current 15-year-olds ever buying cigarettes is being revived, after the previous attempt was lost when Rishi Sunak called the election . However, Labour is already facing a backlash over weakening protections for the 'green belt' and stripping communities of rights to object to construction.
Instead it will be a question of 'how, not if' homes are built. Businesses have voiced confirms about moves to roll.
