QUOTES OF THE DAY

“This is a sad and disappointing day. It is a cruel irony the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit is being withdrawn in a week in which we are being asked to Challenge Poverty” Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary

Shona Robison

“Ambition on wages without action on investment and productivity is ultimately just a pathway for higher prices” Confederation of British Industry director-general Tony Danker responds to Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday

“Tina Turner’s musical journey has inspired hundreds of millions of people around the world and continues to reach new audiences”

BMG boss Hartwig Masuch after the singer sold the rights to her music catalogue, including hits such as Nutbush City Limits, to the music publishing company