The key measures in the King's Speech

Key Points:

• King Charles delivered the government's legislative agenda for the coming year in the House of Lords, outlining 37 bills including eight previously introduced to Parliament, covering areas such as economy, housing, transport, crime, immigration, health, energy, security, digital technology, and governance.
• Key economic measures include the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill to allow full nationalisation of British Steel, a European Partnership Bill to fast-track EU agreements, and bills aimed at boosting innovation, competition, and small business protections.
• Housing reforms propose banning leasehold for new flats, capping ground rents, exempting new social homes from Right to Buy, and requiring construction firms to fund cladding removal, while transport bills focus on passenger rights, taxi safety, rail infrastructure, and airport expansion.
• Crime and policing legislation includes plans for larger police forces, a new national serious crime unit, and reforms to jury trials; immigration measures aim to tighten refugee status and asylum support; health reforms will modernize NHS structures and patient record access.
• Environmental and security bills propose energy efficiency standards, increased taxes on electricity generators, streamlined nuclear project approvals, new powers against state-linked threats, and criminalizing material glorifying serious violence, alongside governance reforms on political donations, peerage removal, and voting age.