Keir Starmer has vowed to deliver “real change that transforms lives” as Labour revealed its plans in the King’s Speech. The Prime Minister said the 40 new laws set out a “clear destination for our country” as he promised to get on with the job immediately. Legislation will be introduced to get Britain building, stop young people smoking, renationalise the railways, give workers extra rights and finally take lethal ninja swords off our streets.
The bumper plan includes a larger number of bills and draft bills than Tony Blair announced in 1997. The last time a Labour government presented a King’s Speech, Clement Attlee was in Downing Street and George VI was on the throne. On Wednesday, Mr Starmer said: “People up and down the country have voted decisively for change.
My Labour government will honour the promises we have made to deliver that change. We will work with any person, no matter who they voted for or what colour rosette they wear, who wants our country to succeed.” The PM warned that “rebuilding our country will not happen overnight”, but he said his government would offer “patient work and serious solutions” rather than “the snake oil charm of populism may sound seductive, but it drives us into the dead end of further division and greater disappointment”.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will ban anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally buying cigarettes. It will regulate the flavours, packaging and display of vapes to stop vapes and other.