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Queen's Speech: No funding pledge on social care reform The Queen’s Speech fell short of including a Social Care Bill and there was no pledge on funding. Proposals for reform were mentioned alongside the outline of the Health and Care Bill planned to change the structure of the NHS, aimed at shifting more care away from hospitals towards people’s homes. In her speech, the Queen said: ‘Measures will be brought forward to support the health and wellbeing of the nation, including to tackle obesity and improve mental health. Proposals on social care reform will be brought forward.’ Sola...

Queen's Speech: Levelling up takes centre stage The Government’s levelling up agenda took centre stage in today’s Queen’s Speech, but the role councils will play remains uncertain. A pledge to ‘level up opportunities across all parts of the United Kingdom’ through jobs, economic growth and support for businesses opened the speech. However, hopes from the Local Government Association (LGA) for ‘turbo-charged’ proposals for devolved powers for councils to play their part were dashed. There was mention of proposals to ‘create and support jobs' and a reaffirmed commitment to the ...

Queen's Speech: Controversial voter ID plans roll forward Voter ID is expected to be introduced by May 2023 after the Government pledged to introduce legislation to ‘ensure the integrity of elections’. Today’s Queen’s Speech said the Government would ‘strengthen and renew democracy and the constitution,’ which is expected through an Electoral Integrity Bill. The Government made a manifesto commitment to introduce voter ID, arguing it would protect voters from having their vote stolen, and insisting it would not have a negative effect on turnout nor participation. A previous Queen�...

Civil servants are also working on plans to start the new Parliamentary session in May which includes plans for a Queen's Speech. The Speech is normally delivered by the Monarch on an annual basis during the State Opening of Parliament in December. Officials say the new approach is part of a wider plan to open up the British economy in time for the Summer. The upcoming season will focus on new legislation relating to the environment, employment and post-Brexit issues. The Queens Speech could be brought forward to May (Image: Getty/BBC) Rishi Sunak has come under pressure from opposition parti...

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