The State Opening of Parliament and the King’s Speech marks the formal start of the parliamentary calendar. It is when the monarch will lay out the new government's policy priorities for the year.

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New parliamentary sessions, which are normally launched once a year, begin with the official State Opening of Parliament and a King’s Speech, in which the Government sets out the laws it wants ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will deliver a statement kicking off the parliamentary year, with other political leaders ...