Not May’s day Policies the Prime Minister had to drop

Theresa May has had to scrap her flagship pledge for a new generation of grammar schools in her first Queen’s Speech as Prime Minister. The controversial plan for new selective schools was one of the first policies announced by the PM after she moved into No 10 last summer. But it was dropped from the Queen’s Speech along with several other key policies unveiled by the Tories during the general election campaign last month.

A proposal to scrap a planned £72,000 cap on social care costs – dubbed the “dementia tax” by critics – was also dropped.

Another eye-catching policy in the Conservative manifesto – a commitment to cap energy bills for millions of households – was also not in the Queen’s Speech.

In her introduction to the manifesto, Mrs May gave a commitment to take action “to tackle unfair practices in the energy and telecoms markets”.

Other policies lost include a free vote on fox hunting, axing the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, cutting overseas aid and meanstesting winter fuel payments.