#state-opening

#state-opening

The King’s Speech is the State Opening’s constitutional centerpiece, read by the monarch but written by government, setting the legislative agenda while the monarch remains politically neutral.

The speech from the throne opens Parliament, marks the new parliamentary year, and presents the government’s policies read neutrally by the monarch.

The king’s state opening will outline the next year’s legislative programme, while Keir Starmer meets Wes Streeting amid an unresolved Labour leadership challenge.