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Queen’s Speech 2021: Boris Johnson s key policy pledges revealed
Government aims to bring forward around 25 Bills in next year, including one that could be used to spring a snap election
12 May 2021 • 10:28am
Boris Johnson used the Queen s Speech on Tuesday to press ahead with scrapping fixed five-year terms between elections, freeing him up to call an earlier poll.
The Prime Minister will regain the initiative to spring a snap contest on Labour, raising the prospect of the next general election taking place before December 2024.
It is one of around 25 Bills that were pledged for introduction in Parliament in the coming year, including flagship reforms to the NHS, an overhaul of the planning system and a crackdown on crime.
Pubs law change scrapped by government after backlash
Pubs were already on their knees say drinks industry
The government has scrapped plans to force pubs to introduce calorie labelling on alcoholic drinks (Image: Jacob King/PA Wire)
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Plans to force pubs to list calories in drinks as part of a drive to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis have been ditched, Downing Street has confirmed.
NHS at the heart of the next programme for government
Measures will be brought forward to support the health and wellbeing of the nation (Peter Byrne/PA)
The Prime Minister has put repairing the NHS following the Covid pandemic at the heart of the next programme for government.
The Queen’s speech to officially reopen parliament included an NHS “catch-up and recovery plan” detailing the “unprecedented challenge” now facing the health service, which includes 4.7 million people in England waiting for care and more than 380,000 waiting more than a year for treatment.
As well as a commitment to clearing the backlog, the Government has pledged to “account for the returning demand of those people who have not come forward for care during the pandemic”.
Government scraps planned pub law change after backlash
Drinks industry said pubs were already on their knees
14:46, 11 MAY 2021
Updated (Image: Sevenoaks Chronicle series / Trinity Mirror)
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The Government has ditched plans to force pubs to list calories in drinks as part of a drive to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis, Downing Street has confirmed.