The fall out over the mini budget continued, with the PM doing a round of questions across local radio stations. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said his mini-budget was needed to stop a collapse in consumer spending. Russia's Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony tomorrow to annex four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham. This is utterly appalling. Putin will sink to any depths to get his way. And the Queen died from old age, her official death certificate revealed. Plenty of constituency matters to deal with, ending the day with a fundraising barbecue, which was fun and well attended.