LIVE: King’s speech to outline Labour’s plans for UK

The King will outline the new Labour government’s plans at the state opening of parliament today.
Sir Keir Starmer is promising to “take the brakes off Britain” with a legislative agenda focused on growth and improving living standards.
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The King’s Speech dates back to at least the 15th century. The event gets underway at 9.30am, when the Yeomen of the Guard - a group of ceremonial bodyguards who still wear traditional red and gold uniforms from the Tudor period - search the cellars beneath the Houses of Parliament for explosives.
The tradition is a reminder of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot in which Roman Catholic rebels led by Guy Fawkes tried to kill Protestant King James I by blowing up the building during the state opening of parliament.
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