General election 2024 live: Government scrambles to pass key laws

David Graham

12 months ago

General election 2024 live: Government scrambles to pass key laws – BBC News

Summary

Talks between the government and opposition parties over which bills to rush through before Parliament shuts down are ongoing
The PM’s flagship bill to eventually ban smoking looks set to be shelved, after he called a surprise July general election
Legislation to pay compensation to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal has passed. A bill for compensation for the infected blood scandal looks set to also pass
It comes as Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and leaders of other main parties spent the day campaigning after the general election was called on Wednesday
Speaking from Derbyshire on the first stop of his UK tour, Sunak told the BBC that economic stability had returned
He has also confirmed that flights to Rwanda, removing migrants who cross the Channel in small boats, will not set off before the election
At a rally in Kent, Starmer said it was “time to turn the page” and to “end the chaos”