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ReutersUS Vice-President JD Vance has met Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick and shadow dwelling secretary Chris Philp on the home the place he’s staying throughout his vacation within the UK.
The BBC has been informed Vance’s crew invited Jenrick and Philp to a non-public assembly with the vice-president within the Cotswolds on Tuesday.
Vance and his household are visiting the realm in south-west England for his or her summer season break free from Washington DC.
The BBC has approached a Vance spokesperson for remark.
Vance arrived within the UK final week and met David Lammy for talks about Gaza and different worldwide affairs on the overseas secretary’s official residence, Chevening Home, in Kent on Friday.
The vice-president isn’t resulting from meet Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch, who was chatting with enterprise homeowners within the Isle of Wight on Tuesday.
A Conservative spokesman stated aides for Badenoch and Vance had been discussing a gathering however “simply could not make it work with schedules”.
Badenoch met Vance final yr when she was in Washington DC and had dinner with the vice-president.
Philp and Jenrick, who was defeated by Badenoch within the Tory management contest final yr, met Vance for the primary time within the Cotswolds.
Jenrick and Vance have taken related positions on a variety of coverage points, from immigration to free speech.
ReutersVance’s journey has included a number of official engagements, conferences and visits to cultural websites.
Over the weekend, Vance and his household loved a guided tour of Hampton Court docket Palace, the previous dwelling of Henry VIII.
Residents within the hamlet of Dean in Oxfordshire have confronted disruption, with police closing roads for the vice-president’s go to.
The village and a manor home within the space have been underneath heavy safety since Vance’s arrival on Sunday night.
The vice-president has been pictured at a farm store, close to Chipping Norton, near the house of the previous UK Prime Minister Lord David Cameron.
Vance’s journey comes earlier than US President Donald Trump, who travelled to Scotland for a non-public go to in July, is scheduled to make a historic second state go to to the UK subsequent month.
