The No10 spokesman has refused to rule out banning single-use sauce sachets, after Guido first reported yesterday that the government was consulting on doing exactly that. A well-sauced story…
Speaking to Lobby hacks after PMQs this afternoon, the spokesman said it was “not in the scope of any agreement with EU partners, it’s not part of our EU reset”... but “if any consultation on single-use sachets is taken forward, it would be solely as a result of us choosing to do so”. Which is so far from a ‘no’ it defies modern science. Time to hoard the ketchup…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”