Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Department of Health (DHSC) staff were “not concerned” about discharging elderly people into care homes with Covid until months after the pandemic struck, the official pandemic probe has heard. An email thread between […] More
Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s mother became emotional after discussing new laws to ensure criminals attend their sentencing hearings which were included in the King’s Speech on Tuesday (7 November).Thomas Cashman was jailed for life after he shot and killed Cheryl Korbel’s nine-year-old daughter at her home in Liverpool, on 22 August 2022.He refused to come up to the dock when he was sentenced.Ms Korbel told Good Morning Britain the “silence” is the hardest part of her life since her daughter was killed and praised the proposed law change as “a very important step forward.” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The UK risks being left behind by other countries by failing to bring forward artificial intelligence-specific legislation in the King’s Speech, one senior MP has said. Greg Clark, chairman of the Science, Innovation […] More
Sir Lindsay Hoyle drew laughs from MPs as he shuffled past a front bench in the House of Commons during the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday, 7 November.The Speaker of the House of Commons left his seat to follow Black Rod, who had summoned MPs from the Commons chamber to the House of Lords to hear the King’s Speech.MPs followed the officials to the Lords’ chamber behind Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer.This year’s King’s Speech was the first by King Charles III since he assumed the throne, and the first of Mr Sunak’s time as prime minister. More
Watch the full version of King Charles III’s first King’s Speech as monarch at the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday, 7 November.The speech was written by the government to set out the legislative programme for the coming parliamentary session and read out by His Majesty in the House of Lords.Twenty bills and one draft bill were included in the speech, including measures to stop children turning 14 this year or younger from ever legally buying cigarettes or tobacco in England and a long-awaited ban on “no-fault” evictions in rental properties. More
Protesters booed as King Charles III and Queen Camilla travelled in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach following the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday, 7 November.Anti-monarchy campaign group Republic said the demonstration in Westminster was staged “to protest for democracy and the right to elect our head of state.”Boos can be heard in footage broadcast on Sky News as protesters held up yellow signs saying “Not my King.”The group were also present at the King’s coronation in May – six group members were detained ahead of a pre-agreed protest, prompting criticism of the Metropolitan Police. More
Black Rod summoned MPs in the House of Commons to walk through to the House of Lords to hear the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday, 7 November.The senior officer is one of the most well-known figures of the ceremony, in which the King read out a speech setting out the legislative programme for the new parliamentary session.At the State Opening of Parliament, the House of Commons door is slammed in Black Rod’s face to symbolise the Commons independence.Footage shows Sarah Clarke, who was appointed as Black Rod in 2017, entering the Commons after banging on the door. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as King Charles III delivers the King’s Speech for first time as monarch at the state opening of Parliament on Tuesday, 7 November. The King read out a speech setting out the […] More
