Minister says Sunak will meet small boats pledge ‘in fullness of time’ as Labour defends its plan – UK politics live

Good morning. Conservative commentators believe that Keir Starmer took quite a risk yesterday when he announced a new, or newish, approach to small boats, suggesting Labour would have a returns agreement with the EU that might involve the UK accepting a quota of asylum seekers. Our overnight story, by Rajeev Syal, Peter Walker and Diane Taylor, is here.

Whatever the reaction, Labour is not giving up. This morning Labour has set out more details of what it is proposing, claiming that by…