Labour’s plan for government will be revealed in the King’s Speech at Westminster on Wednesday.

Dozens of Bills are expected in the first year including on workers rights, immigration and a new GB Energy company, which the party said will be based in Scotland.

But opponents have said Labour will be letting down people in poverty if it does not commit to scrapping the two-child tax credits cap.

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Labour promised throughout the General Election it would introduce a New Deal for Workers to include a ban on exploitative zero-hours contracts, increasing the minimum wage and new rules on equal pay claims.

A bill on immigration is expected to announce Labour’s plan to crack down on people entering the country through crossing the English Channel by targeting the smuggler gangs who provide the crossings.

Ahead of the Speech, Keir Starmer, Prime Minister, said "Our work is urgent. There is no time to waste.

"We are hitting the ground running by bringing forward the laws we will need to rebuild our country for the long-term - and our ambitious, fully-costed agenda is the down payment on that change.

"From energy, to planning, to unbreakable fiscal rules, my Government is serious about delivering the stability that is going to turbo-charge growth that will create wealth in every corner of the UK."

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The SNP, however, said Labour has failed its first test by not scrapping the two-child cap.

Senior figures have said it wont be in the plan and SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn said it would cause misery.

He said: “The Labour Party has failed its first big test in government. Instead of delivering change, it is choosing to push thousands of Scottish children into poverty. It is appalling and indefensible.

"Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is the bare minimum required to tackle child poverty. If Keir Starmer won't even take this baby step forward, it suggests his government is incapable of delivering the substantial action needed to eradicate child poverty.”
 

Meanwhile, Lorna Slater, Scottish Greens co-leader, said: “Keir Starmer will rarely be in as powerful a position as he is now. He must seize the opportunity and take the kind of bold and historic action that will finally end the shocking levels of poverty all around us and begin to tackle the climate crisis.

“By asking the very wealthiest people to pay a bit more he could transform our economy and the lives of so many children and families who have paid the price for 14 years of Tory rule, and could end the cruel two child benefit cap and bedroom tax many times over.”