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David Lynch

Trade deal was needed urgently to save 150,000 livelihoods, says senior minister

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones has claimed the UK-US deal has helped to protect 150,000 livelihoods in Britain (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK-US trade deal was urgently needed to protect as many as 150,000 livelihoods, a senior Government minister said, as he insisted the agreement will be “really good for Britain”.

Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, was resolute about the need to sign the deal, as he faced suggestions the UK remains in a worse trading situation with the US than before Donald Trump introduced sweeping tariffs.

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