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UK gov't agenda focuses on immigration, economy By JILL LAWLESS | Associated Press – Wed, May 8, 2013 View Photo Associated Press/Toby Melville, Pool - Britain's Queen Elizabeth delivers her speech during the State Opening of Parliament at the House of Lords, alongside Prince Charles in London Wednesday May 8, 2013. The … more Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles … LONDON (AP) — The message was one of thrift and austerity, but the messenger was opulence incarnate. Britain 's Conservative-led government on Wednesday announced a modest program of legislation to tighten immigration rules , curb welfare expenses, encourage business and invest in infrastructure — in a speech read by a monarch on a gilded throne wearing a crown studded with 3,000 diamonds. The contrast was part of the state opening of Parliament , an annual pageant of pomp and poli...