Queen’s Speech 2021: Government Legislative Agenda to Focus on Boris Johnson ‘Lifetime Skills Guarantee’ | Political news

New laws to fulfill Boris Johnson’s promise to help give people the skills they need throughout their lives will be a central part of the government’s legislative agenda for next year.

the Prime Minister pledged to put “rocket fuel” into its “upgrade” program with the introduction of new laws – which will be outlined in the Queen’s speech on Tuesday – to build on its “skills guarantee at life”.

The focus on education and training for adolescents and older adults will be part of a series of new bills – more than 25 in number – to be unveiled on Tuesday as part of the official opening of the parliament.

The Queen’s Speech is also expected to include new laws allowing post-Brexit public procurement and state aid reforms, a reshuffle of the planning system, a bill to repeal the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, new asylum rules, legal protections for Veterans of Northern Ireland and measures to tackle electoral fraud.

In the meantime, a number of other bills will also be postponed from the last parliamentary session – which ended last month – until the next session.

These include the Environmental Bill and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

To deliver on the Prime Minister’s promise of a ‘lifelong skills guarantee’ – made last year – the new 16-year skills and education bill to be announced on Tuesday includes:

• A new system of student financing to overhaul the current system of student loans, which will give every adult access to a flexible loan for higher education and training at university or college, which can be used at any point in their life. .
• Employers will play a statutory role in planning publicly funded training programs with education service providers.
• More government powers to intervene in colleges that do not meet local needs

Mr Johnson said: …