You couldn’t describe a week dominated by a showdown between Russia and the United States as a quiet one, but beyond the frontpages, not much is going on.
Labour are using the recess well with a series of eye-catching policy announcements: universal free school meals for primary pupils, a £10 minimum wage, and today, a pledge to crackdown on late payments by big businesses to small businesses. Jeremy Corbyn will go so far as to name persistent offenders: Capita, Marks & Spencer, Vodafone and EON will all be “named and shamed” by the Labour leader. And there are more announcements to come.
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