The 2026 King's Speech

On Wednesday 13 May 2026, King Charles III went to Parliament and gave a speech about what the government will do over the next year.

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This is called the King’s Speech.

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The King’s Speech mentioned work that will impact the lives of people with a learning disability .

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These are:

The government will keep going with its ideas to fix the problems with the special educational needs system.

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The government will keep working to try and help more disabled people get a job.

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The government will look at what the Milburn Review and Timms Review say about changing benefits and how to get more disabled people into jobs.

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The Milburn Review is a team of people being run by Alan Milburn. They are trying to find ways of giving more young people the chance to get into work.

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The Timms Review is a group of people being run by the Minister for Social Security and Disability, Sir Stephen Timms MP.

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It is looking at how to fix the problems with Personal Independence Payments and make sure that Personal Independence Payments support disabled people with the extra costs of having a disability.

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The government will try to give more young people the opportunities to do an apprenticeship.

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An apprenticeship is a type of course where you learn about a job while you do the job and get paid for it.

The government have said that they will keep working to fix the problems with the NHS by removing NHS England.

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The work of NHS England will be done by the Department of Health and Social Care .

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The government wants to help people with the cost of living and will be looking at how to make energy bills cheaper.