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Keir Starmer:

21st July, the Tories are defending 3 seats, including that of former PM, Boris Johnson. If the polls are correct, the Tories are forecast to lose all 3, with Somerton and Frome going Liberal Democrat, once again. Fingers crossed.

Back in January, the PM announced he wants all school pupils in England to study maths in some form, until the age of 18.

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Fast forward to last Sunday and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch proudly announced the government has signed an agreement to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

However, the negatives are many, with the only positive being that we will now get free trade deals with Malaysia and Brunei, as they are already in place with the other member nations, on the other side of our planet.

Analysis to the government estimates the new agreement will boost UK exports by £1.7bn. Imports would grow by £1.6bn and GDP by £1.8bn in the long term.

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