The new Government’s King’s Speech will ‘take the brakes off Britain and get Southport moving again’, says Southport’s new MP.
The speech saw the introduction of a whole host of new legislation, which will include:
- A Planning and Infrastructure Bill will streamline the process for approving critical infrastructure, and overhaul rules on the compulsory purchase of land
- A Renters’ Rights Bill, will ban so-called no fault evictions and extend a series of building safety rules for social tenants to private renters
- A new state-owned energy investment and generation company, GB Energy, will be created by the Great British Energy Bill
- A Passenger Railway Services Bill will allow the government to renationalise nearly all passenger rail services, when existing contracts expire
- A High Speed Rail Bill, previously tabled to build the now-scrapped northern l;eg of the HS2 rail link, will bring in powers to build new rail infrastructure in northern England
- A Crime and Policing Bill will give police new powers to tackle antisocial behaviour and make assaulting shopworkers a specific crime
- An Employment Rights Bill will ban the “exploitative” use of zero-hours contracts and introduce various new workers’ rights promised ahead of the election
- A ‘Hillsborough law’ will place a legal duty of candour on public servants
Welcoming today’s King’s Speech, Labour’s MP for Southport, Patrick Hurley MP, said, “Today’s King’s Speech will help deliver the change that families and businesses in Southport have been crying out for.
“It’s a plan that will mean more jobs, better transport, new homes and investment in the infrastructure we need – ultimately, it’s an agenda to take the brakes off Britain and get Southport moving again.
“Towns and villages in this country have seen better days over the past years. Southport is no different. Whereas other areas have had, for instance, hospitals not built or transport links not implemented, Southport’s problems have manifested in the temporary closure of the town’s much-loved pier and a town centre whose main streets need more than their fair share of love and attention.
“I will do my best to ensure Southport’s best days lie ahead of it. I will work with colleagues in Parliament and regularly meet with constituents across the new constituency to address these issues and bring about the change Southport needs.”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, “This will be a government of service.
“My government will be committed to uniting the country in our shared mission of national renewal. We will serve every person, regardless of how they voted, to fix the foundations of this nation for the long term. The era of politics as performance and self-interest above service is over.
“The fight for trust is the battle that defines our political era. It is only by serving the interests of working people, and delivering real change that transforms lives, that we can begin to restore people’s faith that politics can be a force for good.
“Rebuilding our country will not happen overnight. The challenges we face require determined, patient work and serious solutions, rather than the temptation of the easy answer. The snake oil charm of populism may sound seductive, but it drives us into the dead end of further division and greater disappointment.”
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