Article 5Z26V Queen’s speech proposals show Johnson ‘bereft of ideas or purpose’, says Starmer – live

Queen’s speech proposals show Johnson ‘bereft of ideas or purpose’, says Starmer – live

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Andrew Sparrow
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The PM's legislative agenda for the year ahead was set out earlier in the Queen's speech, which was delivered by Prince Charles

This is what Sarah Jones, the shadow policing minister, said about plans for the public order bill briefed before the Queen's speech this morning.

Home Office ministers should be asking themselves why they are taking no action to tackle the shameful collapse in prosecutions, put more rapists behind bars or crack down on criminal fraudsters scamming the vulnerable.

After more than a decade of Tory government, victims of crime are being let down. The government is completely out of ideas, and it is communities across the country who are paying the price.

These rehashed measures to crack down on protest in today's Queen's speech are yet another power grab from a government determined to shut down accountability.

Protest is a right, not a gift from the state - and measures like these are designed to stop ordinary people making their voices heard. Parliamentarians and the general public rejected these dangerous measures when they were first rushed through in the policing bill, but the government has refused to listen.

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