Measures expected to be announced include schools, levelling up and Brexit freedoms bills

Boris Johnson will get the chance to give his government a mini relaunch when his legislative agenda for the next year is set out at the state opening of parliament in the Queen’s speech.

Governments always try to give the Queen’s speech a theme – this year’s will be growing the economy, easing the burden on families and levelling up – but all Queen’s speeches tend to be a mix of flagship manifesto measures and more routine bits of legislative housekeeping.

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