Watch: Jeremy Corbyn gives Cameron the cold shoulder at the Queen’s Speech
Today’s Queen’s Speech was always going to be a difficult event for the Prime Minister. With the EU referendum looming, David Cameron needed to give the impression that his party remains united and...
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Labour’s high command are not showing themselves to be the most statesman-like of figures today. After Jeremy Corbyn was caught on camera ignoring David Cameron’s attempts at conversation, his shadow...
View ArticleQueen’s Speech highlights, in audio
With Tory MPs disheartened after a ‘pretty bare‘ Queen’s Speech this morning, there was much for opposition parties to feast on in this afternoon’s debate. As tradition dictates, the Queen’s speech...
View ArticleQueen’s Speech row: whose fault is it?
Tory eurosceptics are threatening to cause the first government defeat on a Queen’s Speech since 1924 by joining forces with Labour MPs over an amendment expressing regret that there is no bill...
View ArticleGovernment accepts rebel amendment on Queen’s Speech to stave off defeat
So Number 10 has yielded and decided to stave off the Queen’s Speech rebellion by accepting the rebel amendment to it, thereby stopping the first defeat of a government on its legislative programme...
View ArticlePaying for financial advice: whose job is it?
Buried in the Queen’s Speech this week was an unassuming little sentence that could transform our collective ability to deal with the ruthless financial services industry – but don’t hold your breath....
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 15: Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street on June 15, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
View ArticleWhat the papers say: The Queen’s Speech is the Tories’ last chance
Today’s Queen Speech will be a muted affair, with Her Majesty dressing down for the opening of a Parliament which will…
View ArticleQueen’s Speech: Theresa May bins her manifesto
Today’s Queen’s Speech is notable not for what’s in it, but for what’s been left out. With no Tory majority…
View ArticleQueen’s Speech: Full text
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons. My government’s priority is to secure the best possible deal as…
View ArticleQueen’s Speech: the full guide to what’s been scrapped
Today’s Queen Speech was supposed to be a moment of crowning glory for Theresa May. Instead, it’s a muted affair, with…
View ArticleThe Queen’s Speech was diluted – but Theresa May’s strategy hasn’t changed
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 21: British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) and Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn walk through the House of Commons to attend the the State Opening of Parliament...
View ArticleWhat the papers say: The Tories are in office but not in power
This was a Queen’s Speech to fit the ‘sombre mood of the nation’, says the FT. ‘British politics is in…
View ArticleThe Government backs down over Queen’s Speech abortion amendment
In the face of a possible rebellion over an amendment to the Queen’s Speech, the Government has backed down. Chancellor…
View ArticleWhat part of ‘devolution’ does Stella Creasy not understand?
Abortion is a matter devolved to Northern Ireland’s representatives. Today, Belfast’s Court of Appeal ruled abortion law in Northern Ireland should…
View ArticleQueen’s Speech clears the Commons
After a difficult few weeks, Theresa May can today breath a sigh of relief – the Queen’s Speech has passed. MPs voted…
View ArticleWill a Queen’s speech spell the end of May’s government?
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 21: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (R) and Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (L) walk back across the Central Lobby of the Palace of...
View ArticleHow long can the government put off a Queen’s speech for?
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - JULY 20: British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a keynote speech at the Waterfront Hall on July 20, 2018 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister is on a...
View ArticleDid anyone take the Queen’s Speech seriously?
If today’s Queen’s Speech was meant to offer a preview of what the next general election and life after it…
View ArticleFull transcript: The Queen’s Speech
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her son Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales sit in the House of Lords chamber during the State Opening of Parliament in the Houses of Parliament in London on...
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