Return of imperial units may appear in King’s Speech 2023 according to House of Lords briefing

The House of Lords briefing on the King’s Speech 2023 was published on 1 November 2023. It included a section on imperial units, which suggests that the Government may pursue the restoration of imperial units as part of their legislative programme during the next year. Despite facing considerable opposition to their plans to bring back imperial units during the last year, they are prepared to disregard public opinion and the views of key stakeholders to impose their plans to restore imperial units and entrench the British measurement mess. Why do they think they will succeed this time when they failed last time?

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