Will new government take "brakes off Britain"?
Analysis of the new Labour government's King's Speech.
The King has set out Labour's plans for government at the State Opening of Parliament. But could the new government's promise to take the "brakes off" Britain's economy be jeopardised by its workers' rights plans?
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