3. “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
5. “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.”
8. 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
#QueensSpeech
9. 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
#QueensSpeech
10. Housing
• Right to Buy extended to
1.3 million housing
association tenants
• 200,000 discounted
Starter Homes for young
first time buyers
#QueensSpeech
11. 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
#QueensSpeech
12. Childcare
• Eligible working parents
will get 30 hours of free
childcare a week for 3
and 4 year olds
#QueensSpeech
13.
14. F i n d o u t
how we’re
championing
s o c i a l
justice
#QueensSpeech
15. Schools
• Failing schools to
become academies
• New powers to intervene
where schools are
coasting
#QueensSpeech
17. 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
#QueensSpeech
18. 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
#QueensSpeech
22. Find out how
we’re bringing the
c o u n t r y
t o g e t h e r
# Q u e e n s S p e e c h
23. 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
#QueensSpeech
24. 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
#QueensSpeech
25. 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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26. 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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