LIVE State Opening of Parliament LIVE: Keir Starmer vows to 'take brakes off Britain' as government priorities are outlined in King's Speech By Jamie Bullen Published: 08:23 BST, 17 July 2024 | Updated: 08:47 BST, 17 July 2024 e-mail View comments Advertisement King Charles will today announce more than 30 draft laws as he outlines Sir Keir Starmer 's plans to 'take the brakes off Britain' at the State Opening of Parliament. Making his first King's Speech under a Labour government, the monarch is expected to set out legislation on illegal migration, housing, planning, workers' rights and railway nationalisation. The King will travel 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.
Follow our live coverage below and join in the conversation in our comments section 07:46 Labour Cabinet Minister - Our planning reforms may be controversial Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has admitted Labour’s planning reforms 'may be controversial' but are committed to 'getting things built more quickly' Ahead of the King’s Speech, Mr McFadden told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: 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 ca.