"The UK will now be conscious of the fact that they have a US president who’ll be focusing in a completely different way to Donald Trump on the impact of the Brexit deal."

Biden warned that the Good Friday Agreement cannot be “a casualty of Brexit” and said a UK-US trade deal would be dependent on the peace terms being upheld.

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“Now it’s a joyful moment for us. We are enjoying it. We will celebrate with firecrackers, distributing Indian sweets to people and praying in the temple."

The foreign secretary insisted that he would not be "dragged into" questions over the legitimacy of the vote in remarks branded "astonishing" by Sky News anchor Sophy Ridge.

“We will never forget your racist comments about Obama and slavish devotion to Trump.”

Kate Bingham, a venture capitalist married to Jesse Norman, a Tory Treasury minister, was appointed to the crucial role by Boris Johnson - who she went to Oxford with.

"The steps made today will improve the lives of near 1.7 million children in the UK over the next 12 months, and that can only be celebrated," Rashford said.

In a rousing speech, Biden vowed an end to “this grim era of demonisation in America”.