Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed Sir Keir Starmer’s King’s Speech could have been delivered by the last Conservative government. 

The former business secretary said the Labour administration’s plans only included “one or two things” that had not been pledged by Rishi Sunak’s Tories. 

He told GB News: “We’ve got a newly appointed Leader of the Opposition in the form of Rishi Sunak, who has virtuously declared that he will not oppose the Government’s agenda for the sake of opposing.

“But what is the point of the Opposition, particularly when the King’s Speech could have been delivered with a Conservative government?

“There are only one or two things that weren’t in the Conservative manifesto.”

Sir Jacob said people had voted for change at the general election but instead what they are getting is “more of the same, just a little bit extra”. 

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