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UK correspondent Lara Spirit joins Kathryn to preview Sir Keir Starmer's visit to the US, which has been bolstered by the government's announcement it would boost military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.
That prompted questions from Conservatives over whether any of it would go on the multi-billion pound Chagos deal, and concerns from aid agencies about cuts to aid spending to pay for it.
Meanwhile seven organisations have been barred from government contracts for their role in the deadly Grenfell Tower fire as all 58 recommendations from an official inquiry are adopted.
Lara Spirit is a reporter for The Times Red Box, where she covers politics from Westminster
