The King will lay out Keir Starmer’s plans for Government today – despite uncertainty over whether he will be in power to implement it.

Amid scenes of traditional pomp and ceremony, the monarch will conduct the State Opening of Parliament.

But while the King will read out a list of legislation, including proposals to cosy up to the EU and boost the Net Zero drive, there is ‘outrage’ that he has been dragged into a shambolic Labour coup.  

Sir Keir is meeting Wes Streeting this morning as he pleads for the Health Secretary to step back from a bid to oust him in the wake of disastrous local elections.

High drama at Westminster yesterday saw four Labour ministers resign, saying they no longer had confidence in the premier. 

The King will lay out Keir Starmer’s plans for Government today – despite uncertainty over whether he will be in power to implement it

Amid scenes of traditional pomp and ceremony, the monarch will conduct the State Opening of Parliament

The number of Labour MPs calling for him to go rose to 90, and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood was forced to deny she is on the brink of quitting after telling the PM to set out a timetable for his departure.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, meanwhile, appealed to Labour MPs to step back from the brink – warning that the party’s ‘navel gazing’ was damaging the country.

The prospect of a Labour leadership coup sparked panic on financial markets as traders took fright at the thought of a new leader dragging the Government further Left.

An ally of Mr Burnham said the markets would have to ‘fall into line’ if he seized power. 

But those same markets yesterday forced up government borrowing costs to the highest level this century. The pound also fell against both the dollar and the euro.

Donald Trump last night said it was up to Sir Keir whether to quit as he warned that the Prime Minister was ‘windmilling the country to death’.