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The speech ran to 1,421 words – making it longer than any monarch’s speech at a State Opening delivered in the previous Conservative-led governments over the past two decades.
A total of 40 bills were announced in the speech, making it the highest number of bills since 2005 – with pledges including phased in nationalisation of railway franchises, a ban on zero-hours contracts, and anti-terror legislation – termed Martyn’s…
