Rishi Sunak confirms he will not talk about US-UK free trade deal with Joe Biden – as it happened
by Andrew Sparrow from on (#6C395)
Latest updates: prime minister explicitly accepts formal post-Brexit trade deal with US is not on horizon, implying this is no longer a goal
PMQs is starting soon. It will be the second encounter between Oliver Dowden, the deputy PM who is standing in while Rishi Sunak is in Washington, and Angela Rayner, the deputy Labour leader.
Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.
That the UK will have the highest inflation in the developed world is a mark of government failure.
Inflation has remained so high in Britain - and hit families so hard - because our economy has been badly weakened by 13 years of Tory economic mismanagement.
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