Chancellor said she understood the focus on possible deal with US, but added the EU remained ‘our nearest neighbours and trading partners’
There were council byelections yesterday. Andrew Teale wrote a detailed guide to all four contests on his excellent Substack blog. And Britain Elects has posted the results on its social media feed.
Here are the figures, as reported by Britain Elects.
Liberal Democrat HOLD
Thatcham North East (West Berkshire) council by-election result:
SNP HOLD Glenrothes Central and Thornton (Fife) council by-election result:
SNP: 47.6% (-1.1)
Labour HOLD St John’s (Suffolk) council by-election result:
LAB: 28.0% (-19.7)
Reform GAIN from Independent Marine (Arun) council by-election result:
REF: 26.0% (+26.0)
The prime minister began by saying he was horrified by the devastating terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, which saw the tragic loss of 26 innocent lives.
He expressed his deep condolences on behalf of the British people to all those affected, their loved ones and the people of India.
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