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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jasper Jolly, Alex Lawson, Rob Davies, Gwyn Topham and Richard Adams

Unfinished business: policies that could fail under UK’s ‘lame-duck’ government

Boris Johnson wearing an HS2 hi-viz jacket and helmet
Boris Johnson is fond of big infrastructure projects, but completion of HS2 could be scrapped by a new Tory leader. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/AFP/Getty Images

Boris Johnson is still prime minister, for now, and has appointed a cabinet, so technically the business of government should be able to continue. With the nation gripped by a cost of living crisis, and action needed on everything from education to energy, the ministerial in-trays are overflowing. But the chances of a “lame-duck” administration getting much done look decidedly thin. Here are some of the major policies that could stall amid the chaos.

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