Government's Agenda: A Shift Towards State Involvement The King's Speech serves as a detailed outline of the government's agenda, revealing 40 proposed bills that signal a shift towards increased state involvement in citizens' lives. Key themes include growth, green energy, health, and national security. Notably different from previous conservative speeches under Rishi Sunak, this speech emphasizes labor priorities such as planning infrastructure and employment rights while highlighting draft bills that indicate slower progress on certain issues like equality and conversion practices.
Key Proposals: Worker Protections & Legislative Reforms Among the notable proposals is an Employment Rights Bill aimed at enhancing worker protections by rolling back restrictions on trade unions and addressing exploitative contracts. The bill could lead to higher wages in sectors like adult social care through collective bargaining agreements. Additionally, there are plans for reforming the House of Lords by removing hereditary peers; however, more comprehensive reforms remain absent from this session's agenda along with key topics like social care commissions or voting age changes.