 Britain's new Labour Party government promised to calm the country's politics and ease its cost of living crisis as it set out its plans for national renewal at the grand state opening of Parliament this week. Stabilising the UK's public finances and spurring economic growth were at the centre of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's legislative agenda, announced in a speech written by government officials and delivered by King Charles. My government will play its part in trying to secure long-term peace and security in the Middle East.