King’s Speech at a glance: Which bills were announced?

PA Wire Rishi Sunak has set out a fresh legislative programme for the coming parliamentary session while seeking to draw dividing lines with Labour going into the next general election. In all, the package featured 20 bills and one draft bill, including some that have been carried over from theContinue Reading

St Mary’s church Totnes will be hosting a Come and Do Science event at 6.00 pm on Thursday November 16th in conjunction with the regular ‘Unity in Diversity’ inter-faith gathering.  In this hands-on experience, attendees will get to see for themselves the kinds of scientific experiments which show that churchContinue Reading

Jeremy Hunt is planning to overhaul a tax on company pensions in an effort to unlock tens of billions of pounds of investment in the UK economy. The Telegraph understands that the Chancellor wants to use the Autumn Statement to slash a 35pc “penalty” tax rate that companies face whenContinue Reading

The King’s Speech contains 21 new pieces of legislation including proposals to introduce tougher sentencing laws, a ban on the sale of cigarettes and measures to increase oil production in the North Sea. There will also be bills to reform the leasehold property system and introduce a new system ofContinue Reading