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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Leeson

Watch live: Parliament debates King’s Speech with tougher sentences for rapists and murderers top of agenda

PA Wire

Watch live as Parliament debates the King’s Speech agenda with law and order at the forefront on Wednesday (8 November).

MPs will debate the government’s legislative agenda as set out in the speech by King Charles at the State Opening of Parliament. Rishi Sunak has revealed plans to make law and order a key election battleground with a series of measures promising tougher sentences for killers and rapists in the King’s Speech.

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