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Hello and welcome to Coffey House shots, The Spectators Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Oscar Edmondson and I'm joined today by Katie Balls and John McTurnen.

So earlier today we had the King's Speech setting out the direction of travel for this new Labour government with 40 new bills.

Katie could you maybe take through some of the headlines?

Yeah so I now have in front of me the print document, which is a 104-page document listing all these bills and the

Labour government's legislative agenda.

Now, just because it's not in the King's speech now doesn't mean they won't do it over the next five years,

but I think clearly it gives you a sense of their priorities and what they see is the most urgent.

I don't think there are many surprises when it comes to this King's speech

partly because I think Kiastama and his team almost want to trade on the fact they

won't surprise, they won't give a shock and awe, there'll be Mr or Mrs stability depending which one you're talking to.

If you look through the contents of this, then you have obviously policies relating to the missions.

You have policies on planning. I planning is clear going to be a

very interesting one because it doesn't cost the Treasury money hence why they're

pushing so hard on it but part of this it you know the bills being put forward is reducing the level of consent communities would have,

so it can be overridden if not enough is being ticked off, which could be controversial. Then you have the budget responsibility

bill. Now we heard about this in advance and I think this is where the King's

speech is quite political in places because this is making it so every fiscal event has to be subject to an assessment from the OBR,

which of course, you know, checks really the numbers and, you know, ahead of a fiscal event.

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