Here's a summary of today's political developments...
Penny Mordaunt said she hopes today’s debate on the privileges committee report that criticised the behaviour of Boris Johnson’s allies will be the “end of this sorry affair”. The Commons leader told MPs the report was an “exceptional situation” and not part of the usual “cut and thrust of politics”.
Buckingham Palace said the king’s meeting with Joe Biden – his first with the US president since his coronation – was “extremely cordial and successful”. A spokesperson for the king said the Windsor Castle visit was “an extremely cordial and successful meeting that touched on a wide variety of issues of mutual interest and concern.”
John Kerry said that King Charles was “way ahead of the curve on a lot of this” referring to the climate crisis – as is Joe Biden with his climate bill. The US special presidential envoy for climate took part in Windsor’s “long walk”.
Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak agreed to ensure Sweden’s Nato accession and safely develop AI, as well as support Ukraine and progress UK-US economic partnership, Downing Street said.
The government said it has handed over “all requisite material” to the Covid-19 inquiry after losing a high court bid to block a request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages. The deadline was 4pm today.
After Joe Biden’s visit to Downing Street this morning, the prime minister’s spokesperson has tried to play down reports that the UK and US are split over Ukraine’s hopes to join Nato. The subject would be a discussion point at this week’s Nato summit in Lithuania.
Joe Biden touched down at Windsor castle to meet the King for first time since coronation. After warmly greeting the king, Biden listened to the US national anthem before inspecting the guard of honour before meeting philanthropic leaders to talk about the climate crisis.
Joe Biden said the UK-US relationship is “rock solid” as he visited Downing Street to meet Rishi Sunak ahead of tomorrow’s Nato summit.
Suella Braverman, the home secretary, has condemned climate activists targeting private weddings as “unacceptable” and “deplorable” after a woman threw orange confetti at former chancellor George Osborne’s wedding on Saturday.
That is it from me for today. Thanks for reading.
The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has said his party is focused on improving children’s confidence, not changing accents.
In an interview with BBC Radio Tees, he said Labour’s education reforms on improving children’s speaking skills are about helping children and young people “speak clearly”.
I think it’s the confidence is actually what I’d say. Children and young people being able to speak clearly. Whatever accent they’ve got doesn’t really matter.
He denied the Conservatives were ahead of Labour on boosting vocational education but admitted there was some “brilliant stuff going on”.
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