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His promise to "bulldoze" through planning systems in a bid to construct 1.5 million homes over five years will be unveiled by His Majesty The King today.
Getting Britain to build more housing and infrastructure is central to the Government’s plans to strengthen economic growth.
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But it has already faced strong opposition amid fears that it will put the countryside at risk.
Labour has also been accused of hypocrisy after it emerged half of Sir Keir's Cabinet has opposed plans for new homes in their constituencies.
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Foreign Secretary David Lammy are among the PM’s top team to complain to councils.
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The Prime Minister said they will focus on growing the economy through better transport, more jobs and turbocharging building of houses and infrastructure – helping to make every part of the country better off.
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He said: “Now is the time to take the brakes off Britain. For too long people have been held back, their paths determined by where they came from - not their talents and hard work.
“I am determined to create wealth for people up and down the country. It is the only way our country can progress, and my government is focussed on supporting that aspiration.
“Today’s new laws will take back control and lay the foundations of real change that this country is crying out for, creating wealth in every community and making people better off - supporting their ambitions, hopes and dreams.”
With more than 35 Bills expected, the speech will be one of the chunkiest in recent history, second only to 2022 when the Government put forward 38 Bills including several that were carried over from the previous year.
The last time there was a change of government, in 2022, the new administration put forward only 22 Bills.
Other Bills expected to be announced include new laws to renationalise the railways by 2029 under a new public body, Great British Railways.
Most existing railway contracts are set to expire by the end of 2025, and while some extend into the 2030s, senior Labour sources suggested the Government could take advantage of break clauses to bring services back into public ownership sooner.
Local authorities will receive more powers over bus routes and the ability to set up their own bus companies once again under the terms of a proposed Better Buses Bill.
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An English Devolution Bill, transferring more power away from Westminster, the creation of a national wealth fund, and a boost for workers’ rights through Labour’s “new deal for working people” are also likely to feature.
Sir Keir said: “Today’s new laws will take back control and lay the foundations of real change that this country is crying out for, creating wealth in every community and making people better off – supporting their ambitions, hopes and dreams.”
Other measures could include the reintroduction of Rishi Sunak’s proposed ban on anyone born after 2009 buying tobacco, measures to help renationalise the railways and a new, strengthened version of the Renters Reform Bill that sought to end no-fault evictions.
There will also be new legislation on spending rules, giving more power to the Office of Budget Responsibility following the economic turmoil triggered by Liz Truss’s mini-budget in 2022.
Rishi Sunak, Leader of the Opposition said: “In the national interest, we will serve as an effective opposition. We will not oppose for the sake of it, but when we disagree with what the government is doing, it is our responsibility as the opposition to say so.
“What will guide us will be our principles: sound public finances, a belief that people know how to spend their own money better than governments do, that private enterprise - not state intervention - is the key to delivering growth and prosperity.
"Public services that work for those who need them, an education system that gives everyone the best start in life, secure borders, and a strong national defence.
“The party opposite tapped into the public’s desire for change. But they must now deliver change: and we on this side of the House will hold them accountable for delivering on the commitments they made to the British people.
“The Labour party promised no tax rises on working people and no plans for tax rises beyond what’s in their manifesto, in full knowledge of the public finances.
"They can’t now claim that things are worse than they thought and renege on these pledges. We will hold the government to its own promises.”
Speaking ahead of the King’s Speech, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey called for fixing the NHS and social care to be made a priority in Labour’s programme.
He said: “Years of chaos under the Conservatives have left us with a stagnant economy and health services in a state of crisis.
“Millions of people are stuck on NHS waiting lists and struggling to get the care they need to return to work.
“Fixing the NHS and care would put rocket boosters under economic growth in our country.”
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Meanwhile, SNP leader Stephen Flynn urged Labour to include scrapping the two-child benefit cap in its plans.
Describing the decision as “an important litmus test” for the Government, he said: “People in Scotland voted for significant and substantial change at Westminster – and that promise must now be honoured, not broken, by the Labour Government.”
The King will deliver the speech, the second of his reign, at around 11.30am.
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