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media captionThe Labour leader says it is 657 days since the PM announced he had a clear plan we have prepared to fix social care.
The lack of a clear government plan to fix social care is unforgivable , Sir Keir Starmer has said.
In Tuesday s Queen s Speech outlining the government s policies for the next year, there was a promise that proposals would be brought forward.
Boris Johnson made a pledge when he became prime minister in 2019 to fix the crisis in social care .
But the Labour leader said it was an insult to a whole nation to have not acted sooner or given further detail.
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MPs will vote on a controversial overhaul of England s planning system within the next year, the government has confirmed.
The Planning Bill - announced at the Queen s Speech - aims to stop local opponents blocking development in designated growth zones .
Ministers said the plan would make it easier to hit house-building targets.
But critics said it would sideline locals - with one rural charity warning of a free for all for development .
The government also confirmed it intended to make changes to the leasehold system - including new curbs on ground rents - in the coming year.
While many forms of conversion therapy are already outlawed under the current UK law, the proposed ban is expected to ensure that it is eradicated once and for all.
“We want to make sure that people in this country are protected, and these proposals mean nobody will be subjected to coercive and abhorrent conversion therapy,” Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss said Tuesday following the queen’s remarks.
“Alongside this legislation, we will make new funding available to ensure that victims have better access to the support they need,” she added.
Former Prime Minister Theresa May’s government vowed to eliminate conversion therapy as part of its LGBT equality plan. In addition, Prime Minister Boris Johnson floated the possibility of a ban last summer, according to BBC.