79 m. ago Body language expert reveals what 'anxious' Trump really said during trade deal announcement

EXCLUSIVE: A body language expert has spoken to the Daily Star about what Trump was really saying when he announced the US-UK trade deal on a joint call with Keir Starmer

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer's government has spent £566,000 on foreign visas for civil servants so far this year

EXCLUSIVE: FOI data showed Sir Keir Starmer 's government spent at least £566,000 on visas for foreign nationals in the first eight months after last July's election.

Economics

5 h. ago Champion League ambush: Donald Trump called Sir Keir Starmer late at night to discuss sorting a trade deal... while PM's beloved Arsenal was playing

In Downing Street on Wednesday night, not for the first time, Keir Starmer had Europe on his mind.

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6 h. ago Pope Leo XIV’s name choice ‘signals he will continue work of Francis’

Pope Leo will have the challenge of following in the footsteps of the late Francis, whose popularity saw him dubbed ‘the people’s pope’.

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer unleashes new sanctions onslaught on Russia to starve Putin's war machine

Keir Starmer is expected to confirm plans to sanction up to 100 oil tankers responsible for carrying more than $24 billion worth of cargo since the start of 2024

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6 h. ago UK announces fresh wave of Russia sanctions ahead of military coalition meeting

Officials have said the Government will take action against up to 100 oil tankers that have been carrying cargo in defiance of sanctions.

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8 h. ago What Donald Trump's 'major trade deal' with UK will mean as Tories say we've been shafted

Sir Keir Starmer met with the orange manbaby and hailed the trade deal as 'historic' in what it will bring to Britain - but thee opposition party had another word for it

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8 h. ago Labour accuses Badenoch of fighting with ‘top team’ over trade deal

Mrs Badenoch claimed that the UK had been ‘shafted’ by the agreement.

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9 h. ago This historic US trade deal is a personal victory for Keir Starmer

Editorial: In persuading Donald Trump to be fair to Britain, the prime minister has succeeded where Brexiteers failed. He is to be congratulated

Economics

9 h. ago The Latest: UK says trade deal slashes tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum

U.S. President Donald Trump said from the White House on Thursday that his government has reached a trade agreement with the United Kingdom

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9 h. ago Donald Trump says he 'can't wait' to meet Pope Leo as he joins Sir Keir Starmer and world leaders in congratulating the first American pontiff

Donald Trump hailed the election as a 'great honor' for the United States as Pope Leo, 69, becomes the first American pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

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10 h. ago Flattery gets Starmer somewhere as The Donald stays awake to toot tariff deal | John Crace

Sycophancy stops Trump from dozing off as PM and co hail victory – or at least getting what they could getThree days ago, Donald Trump promised an announcement that would be very possibly the greatest announcement in the whole history of announcements. Come Thursday morning, he said the US and the UK had reached a full and comprehensive trade deal.I guess a lot depends on what you mean by the words “greatest announcement” and “full and comprehensive”. As details of the deal began to emerge, it rather looked as if the UK had managed to negotiate a worse deal with the US than we had even two months ago. One that was hardly transformative. Just reversing some of the damage that had been done to the UK by the US starting a global trade war. Tariffs as a protection racket. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer denies Donald Trump 'bounced' him into announcing US trade deal on VE Day

After months of negotiations, it finally came down to an unexpected phone call from the US President, while Mr Starmer was watching the second half of Arsenal's defeat to Paris san Germain

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11 h. ago Months of talks, then a late scramble: how the UK finally struck a US trade deal

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed agreement to blunt impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs

Economics

11 h. ago Truth Social and football phone calls: the final hours of the UK

Sir Keir Starmer said the timing ‘couldn’t be more apt’.

Sport

11 h. ago KEIR STARMER: I made workers a promise and our US trade deal delivers on it

Writing for The Mirror, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says that the new trade deal reached with Donald Trump will save thousands of jobs in the UK's car industry

Economics

11 h. ago UK politics: Tariffs cut on UK cars, steel and aluminium in US trade deal, says Starmer – as it happened

Car exports will face 10% tariffs while levies on steel and aluminium are cut to zeroTrump and Starmer confirm ‘breakthrough’ UK-US trade dealThe Liberal Democrats treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper has reiterated the party’s position that any trade deal with the US should be put to parliament for approval before being ratified, saying Labour “should not be afraid” of a vote if they are confident a deal is in the country’s best interests.Cooper, the MP for St Albans, said in a statement:Parliament must be given a vote on this US trade deal so it can be properly scrutinised.A good trade deal with the US could bring huge benefits, but Liberal Democrats are deeply concerned that it may include measures that threaten our NHS, undermine our farmers or give tax cuts to US tech billionaires.If it’s correct, and you know, whilst we haven’t been named publicly, it does sound like something’s happening, nevertheless, it would be wholly speculative [to comment].As you appreciate and know full ...

Economics

11 h. ago Keir Starmer warned disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support' by over 40 Labour MPs

In a letter the group of 42 MPs said the planned cuts to disability benefits represent the 'biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity'

Events

12 h. ago Speaker berates minister after he suggests delaying statement on UK

Sir Lindsay Hoyle made accusations that MPs had been told to ‘go home as there would be no statement’.

Politics

12 h. ago Inside Donald Trump's last minute call to Keir Starmer as he watched Arsenal vs PSG

Keir Starmer said US President Donald Trump phoned him while he was watching his beloved Gunners take on Paris St Germain last night to discuss the new US-UK trade deal

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