Labour’s King's Speech: sweeping bills from digital ID to steel nationalisation

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BBC analysis maps a broad King's Speech agenda: major rail upgrades through Northern Powerhouse Rail; a relaunch of digital ID to streamline verification; nationalisation of British Steel; leasehold reform moving toward commonhold by 2029 and a ground rents cap by 2028; fast-tracked green energy infrastructure; a suite of security and immigration bills including Tackling State Threats and National Security Bills; plans for a National Police Service and fewer, larger forces; tougher cyber-security fines; and an NHS single patient record, with welfare reform notably absent from the package.
Topics:world#british-steel-nationalisation#digital-id#national-security-bills#northern-powerhouse-rail#policing-reform#politics
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