Boris Johnson accused of Brexit failure as he admits UK-US trade deal near back of queue in Biden’s priorities – live
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More than 160,000 people in the UK have had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate, PA Media reports. The total was passed on 7 September, but has only now been confirmed due to the time it takes for deaths to be registered.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 160,374 deaths involving coronavirus have occurred in the UK since the pandemic began. This includes all deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, including suspected cases.
The Liberal Democrats claim that Boris Johnson’s admission that a UK-US trade deal won’t happen any time soon (see 9.31am) amounts to a broken promise. In a statement Sarah Olney, the Lib Dem trade spokesperson, said:
For years we were told one of the biggest prizes of Brexit would be a trade deal with the United States.
Yet Boris Johnson has effectively admitted the UK is at the back of the queue, despite claiming this would be his flagship trade deal. This has to be his most embarrassing failure yet.
