United Kingdom Business

Joe Biden wasted no time taking aim at Donald Trump during last nights White House Correspondents Dinner (27 April), bringing up his ongoing Stormy Daniels hush money trial. The president poked fun at jibes about his age, remarking that he was running against a six-year-old, before acknowledging Trumps ongoing legal battle. Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it Stormy weather, he told the crowd. Trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to the adult film star.

Rishi Sunak has explained why he chose to spend 75 billion on the UKs defence, rather than use it to fund the NHS and schools. The prime minister appeared on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, where he spoke of a more dangerous world and the need to stand up to assertive countries. The right thing for me to do as prime minister, given that the security of our people is my first responsibility, is to ensure that we invest to keep the country safe, he said. The defence industry supports hundreds of thousands of jobs across the UK.