Watch as parliament debates agenda set out in King Charles III’s speech
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Watch as parliament debates the government’s legislative agenda set out in a speech by King Charles III at the state opening of parliament earlier in the day.
Rishi Sunak insisted he has “turned the corner” to put the country on a better path as he set out his pre-election stall in the King’s Speech to present challenges for Sir Keir Starmer.
The long-term champion of environmental causes said the new fossil fuel sites will support the country’s transition to net zero by 2050 “without adding undue burdens on households”.
With a general election expected next year, the prime minister also put a series of criminal justice laws at the centre of the first King’s Speech in seven decades.
Charles, meanwhile, paid tribute to the late Queen’s “legacy of service and devotion” and said the government’s priority is making “difficult but necessary long-term decisions”.
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