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My POLITICO colleagues Emilio Casalicchio

VAX STATS: A total 49,505,327 people or 86.1 percent of the population aged 12+ have received a first dose, 2,902. A total 45,433,757 or 79 percent of the population aged 12+ have received a second dose, 32,767.

HOUSE OF COMMONS: Sits from 9.30 a.m. with international trade questions followed by any UQs … Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg will then make the weekly statement on next week’s Commons business … The main business will then be backbench-led debates on COP26 and World Menopause Month, plus an adjournment debate on Black History Month.

TERROR LATEST:

Following a review by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, the terror email list threat level to. MPs has been raised to “substantial,” Home Secretary Priti Patel announced to the Commons last night. The BBC has the details.

VICTORY LAP IN PRINCIPLE: International Trade Secretary. Anne-Marie Trevelyan will be hoping for a victory lap in the House of. Commons this morning after securing a draft trade agreement with New Zealand and Graham Lanktree have everything you need to know in their excellent Morning Trade newsletter, with the top lines below. Emilio also has a great color piece  how the deal was done.

How to spin with a 12-hour time difference:

London and Wellington announced the “agreement in principle” — which amounts to the headline terms of a deal that will need to be translated into legal specifics — at 10 p.m. last night. The Brits had to sms to data wait until night fell so it could be revealed once the Kiwis were awake.

Headline terms: The deal includes the removal of tariffs on a range of. U.K. goods, including on understanding email marketing compliance and laws clothing, buses and excavators. New Zealand goods such as Sauvignon Blanc wine. Manuka honey and kiwi fruit will also be cheaper to import into Britain. The most controversial element, lamb, will see tariffs eliminated over a 15-year process, similar to the Australia deal.

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