Miliband criticises Blair’s slavery statement and defends Burnham’s plan for proper apology – UK politics live

Good morning. Wednesdays are normally the most exciting day of the week at Westminster, because it’s PMQs, but today (unless we get some mega surprise) all the action is taking place somewhere else. In part, that’s because Andy Burnham is still at the Commonwealth summit in Antigua. But mostly because anyone in SW1 with even a passing interest in politics will be far more interested in the outcome of the US midterm elections. You can catch up with all the drama on our US politics live blog.

While the US results are undoubtedly fascinating, quite how relevant they are to the UK is a bit harder to discern.