UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled the 'most radical Queen's Speech in a generation', focusing on criminal justice and the National Health Service.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled what he is calling a radical government agenda, setting his sights on a quick Brexit, future trade deals and transforming Britain to repay voters' trust.
Mr Johnson showed he intends to try to satisfy the demands of voters in northern and central England who broke their tradition of backing the opposition Labour Party to support him.Among pledges to boost funding for the state health service, increase sentences for violent crime and enhance workers' rights, Johnson made his campaign slogan to"get Brexit done" his number one priority, confirming he would lead Britain out of the European Union on 31 January.
"Our first task is to get Brexit done and we will leave the EU at the end of January," Mr Johnson said on Thursday in the foreword to the Queen's Speech, in which the monarch sets out her government's program at the beginning of a new parliament. On Friday, Mr Johnson plans to begin the process of passing legislation needed to ratify Britain's EU exit on 31 January, after which date the government department specially created to oversee Brexit will be closed.Calling his government's program the"most radical Queen's Speech in a generation", Mr Johnson outlined plans to overturn the economic austerity the Conservative Party has overseen for the last nine years.
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