Rishi Sunak used his first - and possibly only - King’s Speech to outline plans for tougher jail sentences and to ease the environmental "burden" on households, as part of a last-ditch effort to reverse his party’s fortunes.
The speech confirmed plans to see murderers spend life behind bars and for criminals to attend court for sentencing, while also outling proposals to extend the use of controversial lie detectors by probation officers, a promised smoking ban and a potential new tax on vapes.
