This Labour government is seizing the moment to forge a new path for Britain. Our immediate challenge is to remove the barriers to growth. That means adopting an industrial strategy to create more high paid jobs, with an apprenticeships plan to match, and an economic plan that is driving down inflation and interest rates.

We are introducing bills covering European Partnership, Nuclear Regulation, Competition Reform, Highways Financing, Commonhold and Leaseholders’ Rights, Steel and Clean Water to address these challenges.

Rather than the laissez faire approach of the Tories, Labour will protect critical industries vital to the UK’s resilience, and act to alleviate the cost-of- living crisis for families.

We want to empower people, so that they are ready to seize opportunities to enjoy and improve their lives. We will fight for every child to have the chance to go as far as their talent and effort will take them. Bills on Education for All, Commonhold and Leaseholders’ Rights, and Social Housing Renewal will build on measures from the first session.

To help families with the cost of bills and make us more resilient to energy price shocks, we need to double down on our plan to get off the oil price rollercoaster. Both the Energy Independence Bill and Nuclear Regulation Bill will strengthen us against energy price shocks for the long-term. Labour is taking action to protect households and industry from global instability, with clean, homegrown energy independence.

We know that only countries with strong communities and a shared sense of purpose will thrive in the years ahead. That’s why we’re taking on extremism wherever it appears, including where it is sponsored by hostile states such as Iran. We will introduce bills strengthening National Security, Cyber Security and Resilience and the Armed Forces, as well as our Immigration and Asylum systems, and Tackling State Threats.

The Tories hollowed out the state with fourteen years of austerity, so that it no longer served the interests of British people, and left local communities feeling underserved and unprotected. This Labour government is rebuilding stronger public services, which actively support working people and address their needs, to build a more resilient country for all.

We will achieve this through an NHS Modernisation Bill, Digital Access to Services Bill, Public Office (Accountability) Bill, and Police Reform Bill. We make these decisions with a clear aim: a fairer society that lifts living standards and widens opportunity for everyone. We won’t promise quick fixes. We’ll level with the public about trade-offs and investments we need to make. Our opponents exploit decline. We want to reverse it. There are no silver bullets, but decline is being reversed, opportunity and pride can be restored, the future can be better for your family, and politics can be a force for good.