Budget ‘beerlaterals’: How Burnham and Healey really work

As President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Downing Street, is the balance of the Ukraine war shifting? Andy Burnham will reaffirm Britain’s support for Ukraine after Presidents Trump and Putin reached a diesel deal – but can the UK still make a difference without putting its relationship with Washington at risk? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine the Prime Minister’s delicate balancing act as questions mount over continued US commitment to Ukraine. Elsewhere, has the government headed off a rebellion over the Courts Bill – and is its plan to build its way out of the prison crisis already unravelling? Plus, with the budget looming, economic critic Lord Jim O’Neill faces the Treasury Select Committee.