Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda The Queen’s Speech tomorrow will feature a planning bill targeting home ownership in the North and Midlands in a bid to further strengthen the Conservatives' position in traditional Labour heartlands, it has been reported.
Senior Conservatives believe the number of homeowners was the key to the party’s gains in last week’s local elections, according to the Times.
Downing Street has signalled that the Queen’s Speech – when the monarch sets out the government’s legislative agenda – will place renewed emphasis on Mr Johnson’s ambitions to “level up”.
Officials said as well as supporting the nation’s recovery from coronavirus and backing the NHS, the speech will include draft laws designed
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