Boris Johnson news: EU tells PM to ‘keep his promises’ after trade negotiation mandate agreed, as government faces farmers’ fury over post-Brexit food fears

Boris Johnson has been urged to take action over a “lost decade” which has seen life expectancy fall for some of the UK’s poorest people after years of Tory austerity.

A landmark report has found life expectancy growth has stalled for the first time in more than 100 years, with decreases in the most deprived areas of northeast England and among women living in the poorest communities in England.

Meanwhile, EU ministers met in Brussels to sign off bloc's negotiating blueprint in the Brexit trade talks as the PM covened a meeting of his cabinet.

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