Starmer ally leaves government with parting shot at ‘disloyal’ MPs
Steve Reed has left government within hours of Andy Burnham’s appointment as prime minister with a parting shot at “disloyal” MPs. Reed, a longstanding ally of former prime minister Keir Starmer, said he was “disappointed to be leaving government now” but wished Burnham’s “new team every success”. Reed was appointed to the post of secretary […]
Regime change in Iran not ‘under consideration’, insists David Lammy
The UK foreign secretary has insisted that regime change in Iran is not “under consideration”, despite Donald Trump’s suggestion overnight that the country should be made “great again”. David Lammy referenced “extensive discussions” with members of the US administration over the weekend and noted that recent military action conducted by the United States was “targeted […]
David Lammy: UK ‘regrets’ return to protectionism in the United States
David Lammy has said he regrets the “return to protectionism” in the US and that Britons will be “very concerned” about how tariffs could affect their finances. It comes after Donald Trump insisted prime minister Keir Starmer “was very happy” with Washington’s new 10 per cent tariffs on UK goods. “We have a very good […]
US ambassador Peter Mandelson says Trump will be ‘very consequential president’
Lord Mandelson has said Donald Trump will be a “very consequential president” as the UK looks to avoid battles on tariffs with the White House. The newly installed UK ambassador to the US said it was a “very significant moment for our lives, between our two countries and indeed for all the freedom-loving democracies in […]
Fresh sanctions on Russian elites will ‘bolster UK national security’
The UK is to unleash a fresh wave of sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s Russia as the Home Office announces a travel ban on oligarchs linked with the Kremlin. It comes on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which has led to tens of thousands of deaths. Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has said […]
David Lammy: It is ‘right’ that Donald Trump reviews Chagos Islands deal
The foreign secretary has said it is “right” that the new US administration under Donald Trump is able to review the Chagos Islands deal, which the US president-elect is reportedly critical of. “It’s right and proper that the new administration is able to consider it”, David Lammy told BBC Radio 4‘s Today programme. Under the […]
Donald Trump’s threats can be ‘destabilising’, says David Lammy
Foreign secretary David Lammy has suggested that the “intensity” of Donald Trump’s rhetoric can be “destabilising”, amid the president-elect’s threats to acquire Greenland for the United States. In a Mar-a-Lago press conference earlier this week, the incoming president refused to rule out using military force or economic action to acquire the overseas Danish territory once […]
David Lammy: UK will persuade Trump raising tariffs not in his ‘interests’
The government will seek to persuade Donald Trump that harming the UK by hiking tariffs is not in his interest, David Lammy has said The foreign secretary said he plans to “get across” to the president-elect that “hurting your closest allies” is not in the United States’ interest, as fears of a trade war loom. […]
When it comes to foreign policy, gender equality must not be an afterthought
This week, the foreign secretary David Lammy announced his intention to place climate action and nature at the heart of Britain’s foreign policy. The week prior he was in Ukraine with president Zelensky, before travelling across the Atlantic to meet with president Biden, and next week he’s attending the United Nations General Assembly in New […]
Lammy accuses world leaders of complacency on two-state solution as he visits Israel
David Lammy has accused world leaders of being “content with delusions of wishful thinking” when it comes to the Middles East.
