Politics

"If you have a CCJ, you’re not allowed to buy a sofa on credit from DFS. But it’s fine for you to have final say over the purse strings of an entire country."

Official records showed an “unsatisfied record” for the unpaid debt was registered to Johnson at “10 Downing Street”, with the judgment dated 26 October last year.

The trade blow in February alone was estimated at £11.5 billion by the Centre for European Reform.

The debate flared up earlier this week after John Bercow hit out at Susanna Reid for using the moniker.

Kim Leadbeater said she will be talking to local Labour members about standing in the seat her sister represented.

“I do think that dumping on somebody because they’re not there anymore is a bit weak really.”

"It’s people in towns like Hartlepool, the liberty steel workers whose industry has collapsed as a consequence of those dodgy doings, who shoulder the appalling losses."

David Frost, who negotiated the protocol, admitted it was ‘not sustainable for long’.'

Writing in the New Statesman, Blair accused Starmer of lacking a "compelling economic message".