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Ribeiro-Addy, who is the MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill in London, said a loophole in the law allowed for the sales and asked the deputy prime minister to commit the government to end the practice.

So at the G20 summit in Brazil he became the first British prime minister to meet President Xi Jinping for more than six years.

The last British prime minister to meet President Xi was Theresa May, who hailed a "golden era" for UK-China relations during her 2018 visit to the country.

"We need an international education system that has managed growth built in… it’s not for the minister to unilaterally decide on caps based on some formula which satisfies a political end."

He highlighted the increased costs for councils from inflation, wages and demand for local services and urged the minister to ensure they did not have to close libraries, cut bus routes or reduce road repairs as a result.