3 h. ago Crunch Ukraine gathering at Downing Street rocked by tense White House exchange

Sir Keir Starmer will convene a gathering of European leaders at Downing Street this weekend, following Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky’s White House spat.

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4 h. ago Government must reassure Foreign Office staff after aid cuts, says SNP MP

Chris Law was speaking following the resignation of development minister Anneliese Dodds over the decision to cut the aid budget.

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4 h. ago Starmer wants ‘creatives to thrive’ after musicians lead backlash to AI plans

Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John and Kate Bush are among artists who have protested about proposals around copyright and artificial intelligence.

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4 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer breaks silence after Zelensky and Trump face off in White House

'The Prime Minister has tonight spoken to both President Trump and President Zelensky'

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer speaks to both Trump and Zelensky after their fiery Oval Office feud threatens to derail Ukraine peace deal

Sir Keir Starmer has expressed his 'unwavering support for Ukraine' following their heated exchange in the White House, Downing Street has said.

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4 h. ago Churchill ‘would be turning in his grave’ as Trump faces British backlash over Zelensky spray

Prime minister Keir Starmer declared his “unwavering support” for Ukraine as senior Conservative MPs, including Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, leapt to the Mr Zelensky’s defence

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5 h. ago Now Keir Starmer hints at climbdown over Labour plans to let tech giants plunder Britain's creativity

Keir Starmer has signalled a partial climbdown over the Government's controversial plans to let the tech giants pillage the work of Britain's writers, musicians and artists.

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5 h. ago Starmer gives ‘unwavering support for Ukraine’ after White House confrontation

Sir Keir Starmer’s intervention came after a terse exchange in the White House’s Oval Office between Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump.

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5 h. ago American biotech firms could be handed sensitive NHS patient data in controversial trade deal, Wes Streeting confirms

The Health Secretary insisted that the NHS was 'not up for grabs' in the trade deal being negotiated by Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump.

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6 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: He didn't get humiliated or shouted at. But the brutal truth is Starmer left the White House without the one thing he really needed

The Prime Minister went to Washington to woo President Trump this week and we can chalk it up as a success for Keir Starmer - perhaps the biggest of his largely miserable eight months in power so far.

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6 h. ago 'Keir Starmer's bid to bridge divide between Donald Trump and Europe is being tested'

Keir Starmer returned home buoyed by a positive meeting with Donald Trump but hours later Ukraine peace talks were hanging in the balance after ugly scenes in the Oval Office

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6 h. ago Downing Street announces Anneliese Dodds' replacement hours after she quit over Keir Starmer's decision to slash the UK's aid budget to boost defence spending

Baroness Chapman of Darlington has been appointed the new minister for international development, just hours after Anneliese Dodds dramatically quit today

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7 h. ago Elon Musk cowers in silence amid Donald Trump and Keir Starmer's 'bromance' after bashing PM

The two UK and US leaders met earlier this week in Washington but tech billionaire Elon Musk has been more interested in promoting his upcoming appearance on a popular US podcast

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8 h. ago Baroness Chapman replaces Anneliese Dodds as development minister

The Labour peer, a former MP for Darlington, served as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s political secretary between 2020 and 2021.

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8 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: Starmer failed on his most important mission with Trump. What happened in the White House was divorced from reality

The Prime Minister went to Washington to woo President Trump this week and we can chalk it up as a success for Keir Starmer - perhaps the biggest of his largely miserable eight months in power so far.

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9 h. ago How UK’s cut to international aid has handed a victory to Russia and China

Both Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy have spoken out against making cuts to international aid for very good reasons. Yet Labour has just done exactly that

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10 h. ago Sadiq Khan backs Trump state visit and says protests will show freedom of speech

The King has invited the US president to make a second state visit to the UK.

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10 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: We must learn from Trump and take the pruning shears to the vast undergrowth of State spending. And do it with all the zealotry of Elon Musk

A momentous week began with Keir Starmer going to the House of Commons and announcing a big boost to defence spending - and the yippees could be heard in every officers' mess in the country.

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10 h. ago Donald Trump's most awkward handshakes with other world leaders

President Trump is well known for his long, steel-gripped, push-and-pull handshakes

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11 h. ago Special episode: Inside the room when Starmer met Trump – Politics Weekly Westminster

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey have a behind-the-scenes look at Keir Starmer’s trip to meet Donald Trump at the White House, after Pippa travelled with the prime minister to Washington DC. So, how was Starmer’s charm offensive received by the president? And has the trip moved the dial on Ukraine and tariffs?Send your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com Continue reading...

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