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On 30 May 2024, and following the announcement of the 2024 general election, it was announced that there would be a State Opening of Parliament on 17 July. [1] [2] The election, held on 4 July, was won by the Labour Party, which defeated the incumbent Conservative government after 14 years in office, securing a landslide victory, with Sir Keir Starmer becoming prime minister.
The State Opening of Parliament is a ceremonial event which formally marks the beginning of each session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. At its core is His or Her Majesty's " gracious speech from the throne " (also known as the King's or Queen's Speech), [ 1 ] which is read by the monarch but written by HM Government .
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Watch live as King Charles travels in procession to the State Opening of Parliament ahead of his speech on Tuesday (7 November).. The King will open Parliament for the first time as monarch with a ...
As of May 2024, several states have seen challenges to their congressional district maps that were put in place during the redistricting cycle brought upon by the results of the 2020 census. In Alabama , a special master drew a new map after the state legislature submitted a map that did not comply with the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme ...
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory.
Maryland’s state senators found a couple surprises on their desks on Monday, the last scheduled day of the 2024 legislative session: a note from the chamber’s leader and a pair of solar ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), will kick off its annual session on Tuesday, with all eyes on plans to support growth in the world's second largest ...