“We’d like to be in a Government that has the impression of being competent – rather than lurching from one issue to another and then after a short time doing a U-turn.”

Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is reportedly considering scrapping the commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on foreign aid, after a revolt from Tory backbenchers over the prospect of hiking taxes.

He beat his predecessors Ed Miliband and John Smith, as well as ex-Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown, and Conservative former chancellor Ken Clarke.

Mr Le Drian insisted that the bloc of 27 will not buckle under pressure from London.

Mr Cummings told aides a “hard rain is coming” and promised to shake-up an “incoherent” Cabinet Office.

The US president is making a controversial visit to the Wisconsin city, which has seen rioting after a black man was shot and paralysed by police.

“I remember the sound of my mum crying herself to sleep to this day, having worked a 14-hour shift, unsure how she was going to make ends meet.”

This is the weather forecast for London today.

Billionaire Brexiteer Jim Ratcliffe - the boss of Ineos Automotive - is considering scrapping plans to build a car plant in Wales, and is reportedly looking to buy a factory in France instead.