The EU alignment bill \u2014 allowing British regulations to mirror those across the Channel – is one of the most politically charged measures, representing the centrepiece of Sir Keir’s European reset agenda despite it being described as going down like a “bucket of cold vomit” to voters living in Labour’s former-heartlands in the northern Red Wall, which largely fell to Reform UK in the May 7th local elections.<\/p>\n
An energy independence bill will chart the course to clean power, drawing on recommendations from infrastructure specialist John Fingleton to streamline the construction of nuclear plants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Will British Steel be nationalised?<\/h3>\n
British Steel, already in state hands, will be formally nationalised through primary legislation. The government will also introduce long-delayed leasehold reforms banning new leasehold flat sales – though ministers concede the changes will not come into force before the next general election.<\/p>\n
Streeting, whose leadership ambitions have been widely reported, will bring forward his plan to abolish NHS England – a proposal he trailed last year. Phillipson takes charge of legislating for her overhaul of special educational needs.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most politically sensitive measure is the immigration bill, which will tighten the route to settled status and impose a ten-year qualifying period on some claimants – twice the existing threshold. It will further curtail the ability of asylum seekers to invoke Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the right to family life, to challenge removal decisions.<\/p>\n
For many Labour MPs, Wednesday will mark their first gathering since the local elections and the first chance to take stock of a leadership crisis that has consumed the party since polling day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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