Starmer's US trade deal 'only covers a quarter of UK's exports'

Brits are digesting the impact of 's trade deal with the US today as figures show it only covers around a quarter of UK exports.

The pact theatrically announced by the PM and US president last night will cut from 25 per cent to 10 per cent for the first 100,000 cars sent to America.

Levies on steel exports will also be slashed from 25 per cent to zero, in return for concessions such as cutting tariffs on US cars and farmers getting more access to British markets. In a round of interviews this morning, Treasury minister Darren Jones insisted 150,000 workers would be 'relieved' that their jobs were no longer at risk.

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