The Prime Minister selected to carry talks with Congressional leaders from each side however didn't discover time in his diary for the previous president, who's operating for the White House once more.

Mr Sunak dismissed options he ought to have discovered time for Mr Trump given he may very well be reelected as president subsequent yr.

He stated: “I’m meeting key Congressional leaders from both sides and obviously the President. Those are the key engagements that I have.

“I’ve got a pretty busy schedule as it is, as no doubt you will see over the next two days. But I’m focused on the things that we need to do, which is to see President Biden, see the main Congressional leaders and engage with US businesses as well who are investing billions of pounds into the UK economy.”

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He added: “We’re also seeing lots of US chief executives who are investing billions of pounds into the UK economy and employ hundreds of thousands of people, that’s all important engagement and it’s important for the UK for me to do that because we want continued investment and more jobs and that’s what I’m busy trying to secure.”

Mr Sunak held talks within the Capitol with key senators and Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy.

He additionally attended a baseball match final evening the place he was launched to numerous UK and US service personnel and veterans, together with Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security and Senator Mitt Romney.