Here’s a harsh response to the King’s Speech – from Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project.

It’s a sharp reminder that, while Keir Starmer’s Labour government might be showing signs of improvement from the nightmare that was the last 14 years of Conservative-led chaos, there is much more that could be done – if only the political will was there.

Here’s what the organisation had to say:

With the King arriving to Parliament in a golden carriage in a crown of diamonds to read the parliamentary plans of a party who have accepted millions of pounds in donations from the wealthy elite, we lay out our movement’s calls for bold, radical action to end the suffering faced by millions.

We demand:

• An end to the cruel and punitive two-child benefit cap
• A Green New Deal to ensure our sustainable future on this planet
• An immediate end to arms sales to Israel, restoration of funding to UNRWA and recognition of the State of Palestine
• A migration system based on safe routes, compassion and dignity
• A wealth tax to save our NHS and the creation of a new National Care Service

We welcome plans to bring our railways back into public ownership and end no fault evictions for renters – policies that are key elements in our 5 Demands to build an alternative. The Labour government have also grievously failed to make any commitment to end the ongoing genocide in Palestine. With over 40,000 innocent men, women and children killed by Israeli forces in their destruction of Gaza, the government must immediately end arms sales to Israel; restore funding to UNWRA; recognise the state of Palestine and end British complicity in the death, destruction and displacement experienced by millions.

The complete and utter moral failure to abolish the punitive two-child benefit cap implemented by the Tories, will continue to push countless families into poverty. The pleas from numerous campaigners including the Archbishop of Canterbury and Save the Children have fallen on deaf ears in the new government. We condemn the lack of political will from Keir Starmer’s Labour Party which has made the conscious choice to keep millions of children in destitution and food insecurity.

The organisation urged readers to email their MP and demand that they support calls to scrap the cap. You can do this by clicking on this link.

And you can read the full statement from the Peace and Justice Project here.

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