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UK correspondent Dan Bloom

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am today

UK correspondent Dan Bloom reflects on Monday’s big Ukraine summit in the Oval Office attended by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the government’s asylum seeker plans, and inflation which has crept up to nearly 4%. 

Dan Bloom is Political Editor of Politico UK

(L/R) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte pose for a family photo in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. European leaders join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in talks with US President Donald Trump on August 18, as they try to find a way to end Russia's offensive. The leaders heading to Washington on Monday to appear alongside Zelensky call themselves the "coalition of the willing." (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Photo: AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

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