Speech from throne

- a tedious time killer

> Plans for tougher sentences for violent offenders and legal targets for cutting plastic pollution are among 26 bills set out at Parliament's State Opening.

The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said it was a "long shopping list".

But with the PM having no majority, many of the bills may not become law.

Our political editor said the PM was keen to focus on "bread and butter issues" like investment in schools and the NHS, or coming up with, at long last, a new way of funding care for the elderly.

But she said there was no guarantee the legislative programme would be approved by Parliament. If MPs reject it, it will trigger renewed calls for a general election.

During a debate in the Commons later on Monday, Mr Johnson said his plans offered "a new age of opportunity for the whole country".

But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the speech was "a propaganda exercise", adding: "The prime minister promised that this Queen's Speech would dazzle us. On closer inspection, it is nothing more than fool's gold."

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