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Keir Starmer to meet Trump in Washington DC next week

Keir Starmer will meet US president Donald Trump next week, No 10 has confirmed. The confirmation came as the prime minister called on European allies to “step up” when it comes to both defensive capabilities and increasing defence spending Asked on Monday morning about comments made by US vice-president JD Vance on free speech in […]

Keir Starmer told ‘UK cannot be silent’ over Donald Trump’s ‘dangerous’ Gaza plan

The prime minister has been told the “UK cannot be silent” after Donald Trump declared the United States plans to “take over” the Gaza strip. Speaking alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Trump said the two million Palestinian people living in the territory, which he described as a “demolition site”, would […]

Is Keir Starmer’s strategy for handling president Trump paying off?

Donald Trump’s political revival has inspired a veritable cottage industry in Britain of speculation and commentary suggesting the so-called UK-US “special relationship” has expired, or deteriorated — or outright perished. Anonymous quotes attributed to members of Trump’s amorphous inner circle had cast doubt over Peter Mandelson’s selection as the UK’s man in Washington. But the […]

Donald Trump suggests UK could avoid tariffs and praises ‘very nice’ Starmer

The president of the United States has said he is “getting along very well” with Keir Starmer and suggested a UK-US trade dispute could be resolved without tariffs. The comments came as Trump unveiled tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China, which are due to kick in this week. He has also been […]

Trump could visit UK ‘soon’ after first call with Starmer as president

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump “stressed the importance of the close and warm ties” between their countries and “agreed to meet soon” in their first phone call since the US president’s inauguration. Before the call, Trump had raised the prospect of a state visit to Britain in the near future. During the conversation on Sunday, […]

Trump inauguration puts spotlight on Westminster’s MAGA cabal

Later today, Donald Trump will return to the White House for a second historic term after he is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The official swearing-in service will take place indoors, on account of the bitter Washington DC weather, at around 5pm GMT. Trump’s second inaugural address will follow, before […]

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 […]

UK-US special relationship will ‘continue to flourish’ under Trump, says Starmer

Keir Starmer has congratulated Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration and said that the special relationship between the United States and UK “will continue to flourish for years to come”. The US president-elect will be sworn in to his second term in the White House later on Monday, eight years after he first took 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 […]