Government pledges to nationalise railways and build more houses in King's Speech

17 July 2024

Paul Seddon
Political reporter

King Charles has outlined the new Labour government’s law-making plans in a speech to Parliament.

The speech outlined 39 bills that minsters want to pass in the next parliamentary session, after their party’s return to power.

Some of these, or a version of them, were originally tabled by the previous government but were not passed ahead of the election.

Read a summary of the main points here >