Welcoming today’s King’s Speech, Labour’s Leader Scott Dickinson said,

“Today’s King’s Speech will help deliver the change that families and businesses in Northumberland have been crying out for.

“It’s a plan that will mean more jobs, better transport, new homes and investment in the infrastructure we need – ultimately, it’s an agenda to take the brakes off Britain and get Northumberland moving again.

“After 14 wasted years, we finally have a real plan to create wealth in every community – including right here in Northumberland.

“This is a government in the service of working people, and this King’s Speech is a great start to a decade of national renewal.”

Prime Minster Keir Starmer said,

“This will be a government of service.

“My government will be committed to uniting the country in our shared mission of national renewal. We will serve every person, regardless of how they voted, to fix the foundations of this nation for the long term. The era of politics as performance and self-interest above service is over.

“The fight for trust is the battle that defines our political era. It is only by serving the interests of working people, and delivering real change that transforms lives, that we can begin to restore people’s faith that politics can be a force for good.

“Rebuilding our country will not happen overnight. The challenges we face require determined, patient work and serious solutions, rather than the temptation of the easy answer. The snake oil charm of populism may sound seductive, but it drives us into the dead end of further division and greater disappointment.”