### Key Events

#### 13.31 EDT
**Afternoon summary**

* **Keir Starmer has told MPs that he is not ruling out retaliation against the US.**
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* **Downing Street has rejected suggestions it is planning “chainsaw” cuts to central government.**
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* **The Equalities watchdog has raised concerns about the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines which allegedly favour minority ethnic groups.**
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* **Scottish MPs pay tribute to Nicola Sturgeon.**
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* **Andrew Rosindell asks Starmer to agree to hold a judge-led inquiry into the murder of David Amess.**
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* **Starmer says he is meeting the family this afternoon.**
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