US Senate votes to start work on Joe Biden’s infrastructure deal

The US Senate has voted to start work on a nearly 1 trillion dollar (£720 billion) national infrastructure package (Susan Walsh/AP)

The US Senate has voted to start work on a nearly 1 trillion dollar national infrastructure package.

The vote came together quickly on Wednesday night after President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached an agreement on the key part of the White House agenda.