First to answer a question in tonight’s debate is Angela Rayner, who repeated that Labour is committed to the triple-lock on the UK’s nuclear deterrent, which means all four submarines will be built in Barrow. A reminder that she had said she still wants to rid the world of nuclear weapons just hours Starmer announced this position. Toeing the party line…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”