What will be included in King's speech: Smoking ban, new football rules and phone theft crackdown

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King Charles will deliver the first King's speech in seven decades today as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lays out what laws he wants to introduce in Britain ahead of the next general election.The State Opening of Parliament will see the monarch read out a list of pieces of legislation from 11:30am on Tuesday, November 7 that the Government is planning to introduce.Many of these changes could have a huge impact on ordinary people such as the new rules on smoking which will see the sales of cigarettes being gradually banned.Even though it is referred to as the King's speech, Charles is not responsible for making the list himself and simply reads out what has been written for him on behalf of the Government.It will be the first time he has delivered the speech since becoming monarch with the last King's speech dating back to 1951 during the reign of King George VI, the Mirror reports.However, Charles did give the Queen's speech on behalf of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II in May 2022.The new session of Parliament is likely to be the last before the next general election which must take place by January 2025.

Labour has accused Mr Sunak of leading a “Zombie Government” as several of the plans have been promised before.Here we take a closer look at what topics of conversation will be included this morning. Smoking ban The age in which you are allowed to purchase cigarettes will rise by one year every year meaning those born after January 2009 - so anyone who is 14 or younger at the moment - will never be allowed to buy them.

The legal age in England is currently 18 and the change was one of the big announcements made by Rishi Sunak at the Conservative Party conference last month. Sentencing Judges will receive extra