Government lays out housing plans but Burnham backtracks on social renting pledge – UK politics live

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£10bn for housing with 60% social renting is at odds with PM’s previous call for programme to be spent entirely on social homes

Andy Burnham has said he plans to travel to the US next month to join European leaders lobbying Donald Trump to supply Ukraine with Patriot missiles.

The UK prime minister told Bloomberg he was “looking forward to going to New York” in September, which is when the UN general assembly will meet. He said details of the trip were not “fully confirmed” but it was “likely” to go ahead. The trip would be Burnham’s first US visit since becoming prime minister in July.

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