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What was in the King's Speech?

<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/government-keir-starmer-labour-lucy-letby-rishi-sunak-b1118710.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">King Charles III delivers first King’s Speech</a>. Smoking, criminal sentencing and tackling consumer rip-offs. Rishi Sunak’s last-minute edit. King Charles’s body language observed. Our Politics team, <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/author/nicholas-cecil" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nicholas Cecil,</a> <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/author/rachael-burford" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rachael Burford</a> and <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/author/jitendra-joshi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jitendra Joshi</a> explain the highlights. In this episode: How will the King’s Speech be received by the public?The government's proposed leaseholds shake-upCriminal charges changingWhat happened to Suella Braverman’s proposed tent ban? Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on X</a> or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on Threads</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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