Summary
That’s all for our live coverage for today, but here’s a summary of all the day’s developments in case you missed them.
- Conservative MP Lee Anderson was criticised after claiming the UK has no “massive use for food banks” and that people use them because they “cannot cook properly [or] budget”
- Responding to the comments, Labour said: “Out of touch doesn’t even cover it”
- A number of Tory MPs called on the prime minister to introduce tax cuts to help address the cost of living
- Boris Johnson visited Finland and Sweden to sign mutual security agreements with both countries
- At a press conference in Helsinki, he said the invasion of Ukraine would not be the end of Vladimir Putin’s “neo-imperialist ambitions” if he was not resisted
- DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Robinson indicated his party may refuse to nominate a speaker for the Northern Ireland assembly until the government scraps the Northern Ireland protocol
- The party had already said it would refuse to nominate a deputy first minister to the power-sharing executive at Stormont
- Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove indicated the government was no longer committed to a manifesto target to build 300,000 homes a year
- He also drew derision after affecting a series of strange voices to parody opponents during an interview with the BBC
Only 28% of Britons think Brexit is now “done”, new data from YouGov shows.
A poll conducted by the firm showed that only 20% of people who supported the Remain campaign agreed that Brexit was done, while 62% said it wasn’t. Among Leave voters, the equivalent figures were 40% and 46%.
It comes amid renewed tensions with the EU over threats by the UK government to unilaterally scrap the Northern Ireland protocol.
As far as you are concerned, is Brexit ‘done’?
— YouGov (@YouGov) May 11, 2022
All Britons
It is - 28% / It isn't - 51%
Remain
It is - 20% / Isn't - 62%
Leave
It is - 40% / Isn't - 46%https://t.co/Dx4ONCa8ie pic.twitter.com/bJlqdqC5Ed
