The next Queen's Speech will take place on Tuesday 10 May, the Government confirmed today.
Boris Johnson will try to wrestle back his control over the agenda with a raft of new laws after the last year was dogged by Partygate and the war in Ukraine.
He faces furious pressure to finally promise an Employment Bill as part of the State Opening of Parliament, after P&O Ferries sacked 800 workers without notice and after his post-Brexit pledges to boost workers' rights went unfulfilled.
The Queen's Speech will take place the week after the May 5 local elections, which will be the first ballot box test of the Partygate scandal on the Tories.
No10 said the Queen's Speech would set out "the Government’s agenda for the next session and its plans to grow our economy, cut the cost of living, make our streets safer and clear the covid backlogs."
It claimed: "The Queen’s Speech will provide the leadership needed in challenging times to level up opportunities and employment in all parts of the United Kingdom."
Parliament will be prorogued before the speech at a date yet to be announced. The Supreme Court found the PM unlawfully prorogued Parliament in 2019 as one of his first acts as Prime Minister.
The event will take place just weeks before four days of celebrations - from June 2-5 - to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne.
Buckingham Palace has yet to confirm whether the Queen will attend the state opening or whether the Prince of Wales will go in her place.
A Palace spokesman said: "Attendance will be confirmed in due course."
The Queen has opened Parliament all but two times during her reign. The exceptions were in 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant with Andrew and then Edward.
