Keir Starmer's government statement is expected to include a series of news items.

With the usual pomp and circumstance, King Charles will read the government announcement from the British prime minister. This time with Labour in power. The last time this happened was in 2008 (the same year the iPhone was launched in Sweden) when Queen Elizabeth read Gordon Brown’s political plans.

Keir Starmer is expected to propose, among other things:

● A new government energy company will be established to invest in renewable energy.

● Increase the powers of the Border Guard to enable them to stop the criminal gangs that organize the smuggling of migrants across the English Channel.

● Make changes to planning and building laws to force municipalities to indicate where they can build more housing and expand “vital national interests” in infrastructure projects to speed up permitting processes.

● Increase tenants’ ability to cope with unreasonable rent increases and improve the quality of housing.

● Value Added Tax on school fees for private schools.

● Improving the situation of employees, including through reforming paternity leave and ending insecure employment contracts.

The new government also wants to decentralise decision-making to municipalities and regions, including in transport and education. They also want to shrink the second chamber of parliament, the Senate. Sir Keir (the Labour leader who was knighted in 2014 for his work on the judiciary) wants members to retire. when they turn eighty.

Starmer government is coming It also takes forward proposals put forward by the previous Conservative government that enjoyed broad political agreement. One concrete principle is that people born after 2009 should be banned from buying tobacco-related products.

Earlier this week, the government announced a wide-ranging review of the armed forces. The aim is to be able to present a detailed plan next year on how the UK will achieve its target of investing 2.5% of GDP in defence.

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