The King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament on 13 May 2026 contains Bills for the new Parliamentary Session that can be grouped under 5 headings : Strengthening Economic Security, Ending the Opportunity Crisis, Strengthening Public Services and Reforming the State, Energy Security, and National Security.
ECONOMIC SECURITY : Bills include on nationalisation of the steel industry, northern powerhouse rail, small business protections, clean water, competition reform, regulation and regulators, financial services, highways financing for large scale road infrastructure, and an overnight visitor levy.
OPPORTUNITY : Bills include SOCIAL HOUSING RENEWAL, to increase long-term investment in social housing and protect social housing stock, reforming the leasehold system, raising school standards and reforming SEN, electoral reform, remediation of unsafe cladding, banning ticket touts, and supporting sporting events.
PUBLIC SERVICES : Bills include Police Reform, NHS modernisation, railways, digital access to services, Courts modernisation, taxis and private hire vehicles, civil aviation, and (carried over ) a DUTY OF CANDOUR FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS, the so-called Hillsborough Law, with reform of the offence of MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
ENERGY SECURITY : Bills include an Energy Independence Bill , to scale-up HOMEGROWN RENEWABLE ENERGY, nuclear energy generation, and electricity generator levy.
NATIONAL SECURITY : Bills include tackling State threats, improving the Armed Forces service justice system, a new National Security Bill, and cyber security and resilience. Also included under this heading is an IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM Bill. This includes a new IMMIGRATION APPEALS BODY and LIMITING THE DEFINITION OF “ FAMILY LIFE” under ECHR Article 8.