He also resurrected the Conservative’s plan to ban junk food advertising to children and Rishi Sunak’s phased smoking ban, proposing to gradually end the sale of tobacco products, meaning anyone born after 1 January 2009 will be unable to legally buy cigarettes in the UK in their lifetime. His plans also include imposing limits on the sale and marketing of vapes.
In the King’s Speech, a total of 40 bills were proposed, the most since Tony Blair’s government in 2005, with many pieces of legislation featuring the Government playing a more interventionist role.
Tom Tugendhat MP, the shadow security minister, said the King’s Speech showed that Labour was set on “giving more power” to unions and regulators that “control your lives.”
Robert Jenrick MP claimed Labour was pursuing radical net zero policies for “ideological reasons.”
It gets worse.
1.As Big Brother Watch pointed out, three important details included in the King’s Speech read out by King Charles have been overlooked by the media: The government will seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence models.
2. The government will legislate to ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights (Employment Rights Bill).
3. Legislation will be brought forward to strengthen community policing, give the police greater powers to deal with anti-social behaviour and strengthen support for victims (Crime and Policing Bill, Victims, Courts and Public Protection Bill)...<<<Read More>>>...