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

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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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