Queen Elizabeth II will present the gov'ts.......>

UK: Queen Elizabeth II will present the gov'ts legislative agenda for the

upcoming parliament in her Queen's Speech later today. 

- Monarch due to speak around 1130GMT (0630ET, 1230CET) in stripped-back

ceremony without the pomp and circumstance of the traditional state opening. She

will lay out up to 40 bills the gov't will put forward over the coming years. 

- MPs will return to Commons at 1430GMT(0930ET, 1530CET) to hear speeches from 2

gov't backbenchers, followed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, then PM at around

1515GMT (1015ET, 1615CET). 

- What will be content in the Speech? Likely many similar aspects to previous

Queen's Speech in October: 

-- Withdrawal Agreement Bill to come back tomorrow, before being finalised in

Jan. Other Brexit legislation also.

-- NHS funding to be enshrined in law, business rate cuts, more money for

schools, infrastructure, establishment of 'constitution commission' seen as

potential threat to Supreme Court/House of Lords.

- With major tax rises off the table, money for all this to come from borrowing.