A raft of new laws that aim to ensure the United Kingdom secures "the best possible deal" after leaving the European Union (EU) have been announced in today's Queen's speech.
A host of proposed new laws created to prepare the United Kingdom for a "smooth and orderly" departure from the European Union have been announced.
May's programme for government was largely restricted to the technical work of making sure Brexit can happen: a bill that sets out how the government will transpose huge swathes of European Union law into British law and separate bills on related topics such as immigration, customs and fisheries.
And while the Labour leader said he has no plans to abolish the institution, he appeared to make his beliefs quite clear during the Queen's Speech today. "Clearly the European Union still inspires some in the United Kingdom", he tweeted.
According to the UK's Office of National Statistics (ONS), there are around 20,000 Goans holding Portuguese/EU passports who live and work in the UK. Do they have to become a United Kingdom citizen or go home?
Pensions were also left out of the Queen's speech.
But we'll also need the support of the whole Parliament if British farming is to have a profitable future in a post-Brexit world.
For instance, the Queen rode to parliament in a black auto as opposed to a royal carriage.
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Warmbier was visiting North Korea as part of a tour group when he was detained at the Pyongyang airport in January 2016. However, on 13 June Warmbier was sent back to his country in a state of coma on "humanitarian grounds" .
Prince Philip is missing what was likely to be his final appearance at the State Opening after being admitted to hospital with an infection last night.
Nor was there a mention of President Donald Trump's previously announced, but as yet unscheduled state visit. This will include implementing the General Data Protection Regulation, the biggest transformation of data protection rules in a generation.
Labour adviser Damian McBride waded into the "bow row" on Twitter, posting a video showing then-opposition leader David Cameron remaining erect at 2009's Queen's Speech. Instead, the Conservatives lost seats and May still hasn't secured a deal with another party to insure Parliament will back the government's agenda.
He highlighted some of his party's election gains, saying: "From Cardiff to Canterbury, from Stockton to Kensington, people chose hope over fear and they sent an unequivocal message that austerity must be brought to an end".
The Queen's Speech announced a government consultation on social care funding for the elderly which is unlikely to feature the contentious "Dementia tax" which backfired on prime minister Theresa May during her election campaign, said Selby. The proposals also included axing the winter fuel allowance for well-off pensioners, expanding grammar schools and ending free school lunches for infants have been dropped.
"Austerity and inequality are choices, they are not necessities", he said.
The enfeebled premier, who is still locked in hard talks with a Northern Irish party to prop up her administration, said her programme was about seizing opportunities offered by Brexit.
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