Queen speech highlights Immigration, care, economy and education
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The government promised a crackdown on illegal immigration in the Queen's Speech today as concern about the impact of new arrivals to Britain hit a three-year high.
Rogue firms who rent homes and give jobs to illegal immigrants face tougher fines in an immigration crackdown unveiled today in the Queen's Speech.Deterring people from coming to Britain formed a central plank of the government's agenda, designed in part to woo voters who have switched to back the UK Independence Party.
The latest YouGov survey showed 57 per cent of people named immigration as being among the top three issues facing the country, its highest level since June 2010 and up 11 per cent on a year ago.
Amid the pomp and ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament - a tradition which dates back to the 16th century - the Queen unveiled 20 Bills which the coalition hopes to pass into law in the next year.
Prince Charles attended for the first time in 17 years with his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. It comes as the Queen plans to scale back her public duties and give her son and heir a bigger role as 'co-head' of the royal family.
Peers and dignitaries gathered for the event, which was preceded by the traditional search of the vaults under Parliament by the Queen's royal bodyguards, the Yeoman of the Guard. This started after the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, and has happened every year since. The custom dates back to centuries when the monarch and Parliament were on less cordial terms, with the men taking lanterns and searching the building for explosives like the ones left by Guy Fawkes.
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