• commits to a balanced economic recovery

  • pledges to complete task of returning budget to surplus

  • more devolution with greater powers granted to Scotland, Wales and N Ireland and major cities in England too

  • early bill to hold EU referendum by end-2017

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  • will bring forward proposals for new Bill of Rights

Looks like that's still on the agenda then

  • pledges no increases in income tax, vat or national insurance

And er, that's it.. There are other parts of the statements but no surprises really and as per my preview we now await the detail over the coming days

21 bills in total with four covering devolution tells us a lot about the current nationalist mood in the UK

Full text of speech here with a bill by bill breakdown here

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