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    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Business leaders understand cost of living crisis better than politicians

      Queen’s Speech should have contained measures to tackle worsening living standards

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      Queen’s absence highlights transfer of royal duties to Prince Charles

      During her 70-year reign the monarch has only twice before missed the state opening of parliament

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      UK plans law to tackle protests at ‘key national infrastructure’

      Measure in a new public order bill will allow prison sentences of up to 12 months for disruption at sites such as airports

    • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson tries to regain initiative with new legislative programme

      PM seeks to woo voters with Queen’s Speech bills package after Tories suffer losses in UK local elections

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      New legislation to spur UK’s switch to low-carbon economy

      Energy bill will be in Queen’s Speech but measures to overhaul audit regulation dropped

    • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Queen’s Speech: The key bills in Johnson’s post-Covid agenda

      Prime minister sets out vision for ‘levelling up’ but critics point to notable omissions

    • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
      Queen’s Speech sets out Boris Johnson’s post-Covid agenda

      UK prime minister aims to drive post-pandemic recovery and narrow regional inequalities

    • Sunday, 2 May, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson set to unveil reform of planning and state aid

      UK government’s new legislative programme is due to contain more than 25 bills

    • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
      Donald Macintyre
      A Boris Johnson government requires more checks on executive power

      Public and private sector should face enhanced select committee scrutiny, with witnesses such as Cummings forced to attend

    • Friday, 3 January, 2020
      Marriage and divorce
      Lawyers get ready for ‘Divorce Day’

      This year is expected to see the introduction of a ‘no-fault divorce’ bill

    • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
      Explainer
      The Queen’s Speech: A guide to the main measures

      Johnson outlines most reform programme in a generation

    • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
      Tougher accounting watchdog planned in Queen’s Speech

      Directors could face criminal prosecution on misleading statements to markets

    • Monday, 14 October, 2019
      Brexit
      Hopes fade for Brexit deal at summit as EU needs ‘more time’

      Renewed threat from cross-party ‘rebel alliance’ pushing for second referendum

    • Thursday, 29 June, 2017
      Brexit
      Theresa May wins Queen’s Speech vote with slender majority

      Corbyn suffers rebellion by Labour MPs on Brexit amendment

    • Thursday, 29 June, 2017
      Brexit
      Corbyn fires pro-European rebels over Queen’s Speech vote

      Labour unity fractured over call to remain within customs union and single market

    • Thursday, 29 June, 2017
      Brexit
      May ekes out 14-vote victory on Queen’s Speech
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2017
      UK politics & policy
      Ministers give Northern Irish women access to free abortions

      Conservatives make announcement to try to avoid a Commons defeat on Queen’s Speech

    • Thursday, 29 June, 2017
      Brexit
      Theresa May struggles to contain tensions over Brexit and austerity

      Queen’s Speech votes loom after cabinet infighting on public sector pay forces U-turn

    • Thursday, 22 June, 2017
      David Allen Green
      In defence of lighter Queen’s Speeches
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
      Brexit
      Theresa May scraps manifesto pledges to clear path for Brexit

      PM faces battle to push legislation through a hung parliament by March 2019

    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
      News in-depthBrexit
      May braced for two years of parliamentary battles

      Fight over Brexit laws set to revive memories of John Major’s European difficulties

    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
      The FT ViewBrexit
      A Queen’s Speech to reflect a sombre Britain

      A loss of authority following election has undercut May’s ambitions

    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
      UK politics & policy
      A dress-down Queen’s Speech for an ill-at-ease nation

      Parliament opens at high speed but with little apparent enthusiasm

    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
      Audio articles
      US president Donald Trump’s state visit to UK postponed

      Queen’s Speech did not mention previously proposed visit from US president

    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
      David Allen Green
      Whatever happened to the ‘Great’ Repeal Bill?
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