Come for the intro from Damian McBride's Power Trip:

Back in action from today after three gorgeous weeks in Puglia and Sicily

Jonathan Reynolds visits a gin distillery in south London to promote the deal

Currently the most viewed story on the Guardian website 👇

Good morning from New Delhi where Jonathan Reynolds and Piyush Goyal are restarting negotiations for a free trade agreement

This from Rachel Reeves's Times op-ed isn't strictly true

Rishi Sunak made many of the same arguments she does - but faced vociferous opposition from Tory backbenchers

And he was unlucky that his meeting with Xi at the G20 in 2022 was called off because of a missile strike on Poland

The sky during my 7am run today

UK-India trade talks — No10 release vs report in Indian media earlier this month

Back from a week off in Italy today — with a resolution to use this platform more