King’s Speech: Keir Starmer pledges growth but warns of ‘no quick fix’

Sir Keir Starmer said his vision for government would “take the brakes off Britain” and put the country “on the path to national renewal”.

After the speech The King’s SpeechSpeaking about the bill, which sets out 39 bills the government wants to pass, the new prime minister said there were “no quick solutions” and warned against the “hoax of populism”.

Central to his plan to boost the country’s economic growth are changes to the urban planning system aimed at making it easier to build housing and infrastructure.

It also included proposals to give more power to local leaders, nationalise the railways and expand workers’ rights.

Some of the legislation first introduced by the previous government has been reinstated, including Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s phased smoking ban and the introduction of a football regulatory body.

But there were some notable omissions, including no mention of abolishing the cap on second child benefit, which was opposed by Labour MPs and the Scottish National Party (SNP). Has been promoting.

Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader and now independent MP for Islington North, joined the calls for “action now” and suggested the announcement of the child poverty taskforce was “just a delaying measure”.

“Why not do it now and just say, ‘We’re going to remove the cap?'” he said.

“To say that the third, fourth or fifth child in a family is less valuable than the first two is simply cruel and spiteful.”

A bill to deliver on Labour’s manifesto promises Give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote It was also missing from the general election, but ministers have said it will be introduced at a later stage.

Green Party councillor Sian Berry said she was disappointed, saying “young people need a real voice”, adding that she believed young people would help strengthen the call for an end to the two-child limit.

Former shadow cabinet member and Labour MP Rebecca Long-Bailey also called on the party to “urgently settle its debt of honour” to the women born in the 1950s who suffered “pension injustice”, known as Waspi women.

The speech was delivered by King Charles with the traditional ceremony, but was written by the New Labour government, which was elected by a landslide of 174 votes on 4 July.

Speaking after the King’s Speech, Conservative leader Rishi Sunak said his party had no “cause to oppose” the government but would hold it to account on its election promises.

On Labour’s proposed changes to town planning rules, he warned that while everyone wanted the process to be quicker, “a system that doesn’t listen to local people will undermine people’s consent to housing builds in the long term”.

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper welcomed the promise of reform to the Mental Health Act but said she wanted to see more ambition on health and social care.

During the election campaign, the think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Warned Future governments will have to choose between raising taxes, cutting public services and borrowing more.

Labor hopes it can avoid those politically unpalatable options by boosting growth after years of sluggishness.

The King’s 12-minute speech was peppered with phrases such as “ensuring economic growth,” “a key driver of economic growth” and “regional growth plans.”

The government argued in its report that the current planning regime is one of the “major brakes” on economic growth, and used the King’s Speech to introduce a Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

The bill, which applies to England, Wales and parts of Scotland, is aimed at speeding up the building of homes and infrastructure.

The government’s plan will strengthen the capacity of local planning departments and streamline the process of obtaining consent for infrastructure projects such as solar power plants and grid connections.

The government has said that in future, communities will only be able to influence how new homes are built, not whether they are built.

Given Labour’s overwhelming majority in the House of Commons, the Planning Bill is likely to pass through Parliament.

However, any new development could face fierce opposition from local communities affected by the building projects.

Other measures the government hopes will boost economic growth include the devolution bill for England.

The Bill would give local leaders more powers over transport, skills and employment, and make it easier for them to request further powers.

The Better Buses Bill would allow local politicians to set up public bus operators.

One bill would set up a Sovereign Wealth Fund to boost investment in infrastructure and green industries, while the other would create a state-owned enterprise, Great British Energy. Invest in renewable energy.

When Mr Sunak called a general election in May, several government bills that were pending in Parliament had to be scrapped.

The Labour government has now announced it will reintroduce a number of bills, including the Tobacco and Vaping Bill, which would ban anyone born after 1 January 2009 from buying tobacco.

The Terrorism (Protection of Facilities) Bill would establish the Martin Act and require facilities to mitigate the effects of potential terrorist attacks.

countermeasure The campaign was carried out By Figen Murray, mother of Martin Hett, one of the 22 people killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack.

Downing Street said at least six of the bills outlined in the King’s Speech are due to be introduced into Parliament this week.

Responding to the speech, Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice said the government’s policies would lead to higher taxes and increased regulation.

Green Party councillor Ellie Chones said she wanted “bolder action” on improving building standards and introducing rent control.

SNP MP Stephen Gethins said Brexit was the “biggest obstacle to growth” and criticised the Government for not using its supermajority to reverse “hard Tory Brexit”.

He also criticised the government for not removing the limit on second child benefits.

The cap means that households receiving Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit will not be able to receive payments for their third or subsequent children born after April 2017.

Speaking in the debate after the King’s Speech, former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell said removing the cap would lift 300,000 children out of poverty.

Sir Keir has previously said he understood the opposition to the cap but it was not currently possible to remove it.

Following the King’s Speech, the Government announced a taskforce to tackle child poverty, led by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson.

Other measures included in the King’s speech included: