Johnson will use Queen’s Speech for bills that ‘deliver on Brexit’
The Prime Minister is promising to deliver a "super seven" of Brexit Bills which will cut red tape and "unnecessary barriers inherited from the EU".
Boris Johnson is planning to announce the new laws which will "deliver on the promise of Brexit" in the Queen's Speech, the Prime Minister said.
The "super seven" set of Brexit Bills will allow Britain to "thrive as a modern, dynamic and independent country" by "changing old EU rules that don't work for the UK", he told a Sunday newspaper.
Mr Johnson said: "I call them the super seven - and they will benefit families and businesses across the land by changing old EU rules that don't work for the UK.
"From data reform to geneediting to financial services, these Bills will allow us to thrive as a modern, dynamic and independent country, and this government is getting on with the job of delivering them."
The Queen's Speech, being delivered in Parliament tomorrow, will be used by Mr Johnson as an attempt to show his administration is focused on people's concerns on issues including the rising cost of living following a bruising set of local elections influenced by the partygate row and the behaviour of Tory MPS.
The Prime Minister is expected to also announce the Government's plans to revive struggling town centres.
The plan to rid high streets of "derelict shopfronts" and restore neighbourhood pride, with councils in England given extra powers to force landtunity lords to rent out empty shops, will form a key plan of the Queen's Speech as Mr Johnson tries to reset his Government following damaging local election results.
Under the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill measures to revive England's high streets, councils will be given powers to take control of buildings for the benefit of their communities.
Compulsory rental auctions will ensure that landlords make shops that have been vacant for more than a year available to prospective tenants.
Authorities will also be given greater powers to use compulsory purchase orders to deliver housing, regeneration schemes and infrastructure.
Mr Johnson said: "High streets up and down the country have long been blighted by derelict shopfronts, because they've been neglected, stripping opporfrom local areas.
"We are putting that right by placing power back in the hands of local leaders and the community so our towns can be rejuvenated, levelling up opportunity and restoring neighbourhood pride."
Officials highlighted British Retail Consortium figures showing about one in seven shops were vacant, with as many as a fifth empty in the North East of England.
Shops have been hit by high rental and business rate costs and declining demand as consumers have moved online, a trend exacerbated by the pandemic.
The Queen's Speech is not expected to include proposed plans to ban the import of fur and foie gras.
The measure was reportedly dropped after Cabinet critics warned it was "fundamentally unconservative".