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As Keir Starmer and King Charles embrace all that Samoa has to offer at the Commonwealth Head of Governments meeting (CHOGM)  across the Pacific, back home Rachel Reeves has this week announced the long-expected changes to debt rules in order to unlock Britain's investment potential. With more details on all that and more below, here is your Weekend Wire.

Samoa-ving on up 

Following a 27 hour flight to Samoa to attend CHOGM, Keir Starmer finally joined King Charles who arrived a few days earlier and had been busy embracing a host of local traditions during his royal visit. 

While there, the Prime Minister attempted to shift the narrative away from the sensitive topic of slavery reparations, by focusing on the ‘here and now’. In particular, the impending climate crisis facing many countries in the...