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Energy bosses in the UK will have their bonuses curtailed when suppliers and brokers break the rules under a crackdown on mis-selling, Pippa Neill reports.

Andy Burnham has described the Commonwealth as “more important today than ever before” amid “such volatile times”. He used the phrase in a meeting with his Antigua and Barbuda counterpart Gaston Browne, who is hosting the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm).

In a readout of the meeting, released this morning, a No 10 spokesperson said: The prime minister thanked Prime Minister Browne for the warm welcome from Antigua and Barbuda and for hosting Commonwealth leaders at such an important time. In such volatile times, it was clear that the Commonwealth was more important today than ever before, the prime minister added.

Good morning. Wednesdays are normally the most exciting day of the week at Westminster, because it’s PMQs, but today (unless we get some mega surprise) all the action is taking place somewhere else. In part, that’s because Andy Burnham is still at the Commonwealth summit in Antigua. But mostly because anyone in SW1 with even a passing interest in politics will be far more interested in the outcome of the US midterm elections. You can catch up with all the drama on our US politics live blog.

While the US results are undoubtedly fascinating, quite how relevant they are to the UK is a bit harder to discern. Donald Trump is still president for the next two years, and none of the chaos he has caused for Britain and other European allies is going to go away; conceivably, he could end up even more disruptive. Trump was first elected president in 2016 only months after the UK voted for Brexit and there will be progressives in Britain hoping the US results show that what Ed Davey is this mornin

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