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King's speech

September 2024

  • PMQs at the House of Commons in London<br>Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, July 24, 2024. UK Parliament/Handout THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. IMAGE MUST NOT BE ALTERED.

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  • Andrew Rawnsley

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    Andrew Rawnsley
    The meaty king’s speech heralded several striking and radical departures from the Tory years that came before
  • Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskiy at Downing Street

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  • Keir Starmer speaking in parliament on 17 July 2024

    Brief letters
    Royally optimistic after the king’s speech

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  • King Charles III and Queen Camilla in a carriage

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    The king’s speech: can Labour keep the optimism going? – podcast

  • Liz Truss said the description was a ‘flagrant breach’ of civil service code.

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  • Keir Starmer in the House of Commons

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    Starmer warns ‘no quick fix’ for UK as he faces pressure over child poverty and benefits – as it happened

  • John Crace

    The politics sketch
    Nige shows up for pomp of king’s speech, then jets off to US when the work starts

    John Crace
  • The Guardian view on the king’s speech: a new era of state intervention begins

  • Starmer counts on promises he can fulfil to rebuild voters’ trust

  • Developers welcome Labour’s intention to liberalise planning regime

  • Starmer and Sunak appear on different sides of the House of Commons for the first time – video

  • With this king’s speech, Starmer has staked everything on the long game. But politics has a habit of moving fast

    Martin Kettle
  • Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ella Baron on Labour’s failure to address the two-child benefit cap in the king’s speech – cartoon

  • The king’s speech sounded a bit like Labour governments of old. But only a bit

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