The King’s Speech: the new government sets out its plans

15 July 2024

Amidst the pomp and pageantry of this Wednesday’s State Opening of Parliament, King Charles III will deliver the King’s Speech—Labour’s opportunity to set out its legislative plans for its first year of government.

This is the first State Opening of Parliament under a Labour government since November 2009.

In a press release ahead of the speech the Government has said it will “put economic growth at the heart of its legislative agenda”, and confirmed that departments are preparing “more than 35 bills”, or new laws, to be put before Parliament.

Newspapers are already reporting on a range of bills expected to be unveiled in the speech, including on housebuilding, devolution, worker’s rights and artificial intelligence.

Full Fact will be keeping an eye on proceedings, including the debates following the speech, and using our AI tools to help identify claims by and about politicians for further investigation. We will continue to bring you our analysis as the new parliament officially gets underway.

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