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French president addresses MPs on topical issues, from commitment to Ukraine, to European connection and US tariffs

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: A historic ‘one in, one out’ returns scheme that sends undocumented migrants back to continental Europe and grants refuge only to those with valid asylum claims would quickly dismantle people-smuggling operations. For the prime minister, it would also be a clear, practical and badly needed ‘win’

French state-owned electricity company EDF said it had agreed in principle to invest £1.1 billion in the power plant on the Suffolk coastline.

French President Emmanuel Macron received a warm and pomp-filled welcome Tuesday from King Charles III as he began a three-day state visit to Britain, the first by an EU head of state since Brexit.

Almost one in three children in the UK live in poverty and the report comes as the government faces growing pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit.

Future of £100bn UK-France trade relationship in focus amid attempt to show unity in face of Trump tariffs

Here are the most stark warnings in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s report

COMMENT: The head of the Met is is right that taxpayers shouldn’t be paying the £70m-a-year cost of match-day policing, says Chris Blackhurst – the filthy-rich Premier League clubs and their billionaire owners should be footing the bill

Watch as Emmanuel Macron began a state visit to the UK on Tuesday, 8 July, with the French president meeting Sir Keir Starmer and King Charles III as part of his three-day trip.