The Queen's Speech: Recap updates as Tory plans were revealed in State Opening of Parliament

Her Majesty has revealed the agenda of the first majority Tory government in almost two decades. Here are all the updates as they happened







A benefits crackdown, union curbs and government snooping have been at the heart of the most right-wing Queen's speech in decades today.
The agenda of 26 Bills was unveiled amid lavish ceremony at Westminister and has prompted fury from left-wingers.
Free of the shackles of coalition with the Lib Dems, David Cameron's agenda includes measures that would have been too extreme to pass last time.
But notably absent were two


of the most controversial policies - a free vote on fox hunting and scrapping the Human Rights Act.
The most dramatic policies are: