Metro (UK)

AT A GLANCE... GOVERNMENT’S PLAN OF ACTION

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■ A Health and Care Bill seeks to lay the foundation­s for a more integrated, efficient and accountabl­e health and care system, while delivering the NHS’s Long Term Plan.

■ The Electoral Integrity Bill would require voters to have identifica­tion before casting ballots at a polling station.

■ The Fixed-term Parliament­s Act will be repealed and the prime minister given back the power to call general elections under the Dissolutio­n and Calling of Parliament Bill.

■ The High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill would give the powers to build and operate the next stage of the HS2 project in north-west England.

■ Extending 5G mobile coverage and high-speed broadband, along with protecting against cyber attacks, will be the focus of the Product Security and Telecommun­ications Infrastruc­ture Bill.

■ The Planning Bill aims to overhaul the planning system as a means to build homes and infrastruc­ture, such as schools and hospitals.

■ The Building Safety Bill will implement recommenda­tions to improve safety and establish a new regulator.

■ New legally binding targets to tackle the climate crisis would be included in the Environmen­t Bill.

■ The Kept Animals Bill seeks to tackle cruelty while improving standards in zoos, cracking down on puppy-smuggling and ending the practice of keeping primates as pets.

■ Controvers­ial measures to overhaul the asylum system would be introduced under the New Plan for Immigratio­n Legislatio­n, in a bid to deter migrants making perilous journeys to the UK.

■ Legislatio­n to protect internet users and make Ofcom the online safety regulator would be introduced in the Draft Online Safety Bill.

■ Service personnel, veterans and their families would be in line for greater protection under the Armed Forces Bill.

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