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Idea for interim leader and candidates not chosen until autumn conflicting with desire to act sooner

Justice secretary says temporary scheme in September and October will ‘avert disaster’ in overcrowding crisis

Sir Keir Starmer has laid the groundwork for a generational shift in British political priorities

All the key bills announced in King Charles’s speech today

Labour’s proposed 40 bills range from significant reforms to implementing legislation promised by the last government

New Prime Minister uses his first King’s Speech to vow ‘security, opportunity, prosperity and justice for every person’

Britain's King Charles outlined Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plans for the coming year onWednesday, promising a government of service focused on growing the economy and tackling issues from an acute housing shortage to a cost of living crisis. Starmer's Labour party won an overwhelming victory in the July 4 general…

In today’s newsletter: From workers’ rights to housing targets, the speech will flesh out Labour’s agenda for the coming year. But will Labour’s crowded backbenches prove rebellious?

Britain’s new Labour Party government campaigned on a promise to bring bold change at modest cost