Government gets to work on 40 bills

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's first King's Speech introduced 40 bills focusing on legal and social reforms, including improving arbitration, addressing court delays, and modernizing asylum and immigration systems. Key initiatives aim to enhance infrastructure planning, enforce a living wage, and ban exploitative employment practices while reinforcing London's status as an international arbitration hub.

Katie Newbury, Partner in our Immigration team was recently quoted in the New Law Journal:

I hoped it would include the repeal of the Illegal Migration Act which inhibits proper consideration of asylum claims and the introduction of safe and legal routes for those wishing to seek international protection in the UK.."

Please click here to read New Law Journals full article, 24 July 2024.