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Queen’s Speech
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# Q u e e n s S p e e c h
“Behind this Queen’s Speech is a clear vision for what our country can be. A country of security and opportunity for everyone, at every stage of life.”
Prime Minister David Cameron #QueensSpeech
Copyright UK Parliament/Roger Harris
“My government will legislate in the interests of everyone in our country. It will adopt a One Nation approach, helping working people get on, supporting aspiration, giving new opportunities to the most disadvantaged and bringing different parts of our country together.”
Copyright UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor
Find out how we’re helping work ing p e o p l e
#QueensSpeech
Income tax • No income tax for people working 30 hours a week on
National Minimum Wage
• No rises in income tax, VAT or NI contributions rates for the next 5 years
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HS2 • Gives government powers to build and operate phase 1
of the HS2 railway
• HS2 will help rebalance the UK economy, bringing greater prosperity to the Midlands and the North
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Housing • Right to Buy extended to
1.3 million housing association tenants
• 200,000 discounted Starter Homes for young first time buyers
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Helping small businesses • Red tape cut to help
businesses save £10 billion over this Parliament
• New Small Business Conciliation Service to help resolve disputes, eg late payments
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Childcare • Eligible working parents
will get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 3 and 4 year olds
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F i n d o u t how we’re championings o c i a l jus t ice #QueensSpeech
Schools • Failing schools to
become academies
• New powers to intervene where schools are coasting
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Psychoactive substances • New Psychoactive
Substances Bill will ban the production, distribution, sale and supply of new psychoactive drugs in the UK
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Pensions • Triple lock on basic State
Pension will continue to apply for the duration of this Parliament
• This means that the basic State Pension is increased by growth in average earnings, price inflation or 2.5%, whichever is highest
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Health • NHS funding to increase
by £8 billion a year by the end of this Parliament
• GP opening hours to be extended across the country
• Health services shifting to 7-day-a-week opening
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Tackling extremism New powers to:
• ban extremist groups
• stop individuals engaging in extremist behaviour
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F i n d o u t h o w we’re bringing the c o u n t r y t o g e t h e r
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Scotland • Scottish Parliament to
have new powers over tax and spending - raising around 40% of Scotland’s taxes and deciding around 60% of its public spending
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Wales • New powers for National
Assembly over energy, transport and local government
• National Assembly to have control over its own affairs including its name, size, elections, electoral system and voting age
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Northern Ireland • New Historical
Investigations Unit to investigate unsolved Troubles-related deaths
• New Oral History Archive so that people can share experiences and narratives related to the Troubles
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English votes for English laws • Decisions affecting
England, or England and Wales, can only be taken with the consent of the majority of MPs representing constituencies in England, or in England and Wales
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Get all the details at www.gov.uk/queens-speech-2015
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