5 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer is 'very happy' with UK tariffs, Trump says

Stock markets took a £2trillion hit yesterday after the US president slapped huge tariffs on America's trading partners, stoking widespread fears of a recession.

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8 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: What irony that Starmer's in the box seat for a U.S. trade deal thanks to Brexit

Donald Trump dealt Keir Starmer a gold-plated Get Out Of Jail Free card when he dropped his global tariff bomb.

Economics

8 h. ago Watch: Starmer refuses to rule out further benefit cuts after Trump’s tariffs

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out a fresh round of benefit cuts ahead of the autumn Budget, with Donald Trump’s tariffs threatening to blow a hole in the UK’s public finances.

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8 h. ago US stock market plunges as Trump tariffs wipe £1.5 trillion off Wall Street

Trump slapped a 10% tariff on most US imports and much higher levies on dozens of other countries

Economics

9 h. ago US stock market plunges after Trump tariffs with S&P 500 losing more than 4%

Trump slapped a 10% tariff on most US imports and much higher levies on dozens of other countries

Politics

9 h. ago "I looked her in the eye and made a promise": Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer writes for the Manchester Evening News

After the bill enshrining Martyn's gained Royal Assent, the PM has told of the vow he made to Martyn Hett's mother Figen Murray

Politics

10 h. ago Mother of Manchester Arena victim welcomes royal assent for Martyn’s Law

Figen Murray campaigned for the law change in memory of her 29-year-old son Martyn Hett.

Events

11 h. ago Britain can retaliate or negotiate with Trump – but there is no way we can win at this game | Gaby Hinsliff

Starmer will try to calm the situation and focus on May’s local elections, but one thing is clear: our ties with Europe are more crucial than everNobody wins a trade war. You can lose it by greater or lesser degrees: you may be one of the luckier casualties. But that’s about as good as it gets. So, while there will have been initial relief in Downing Street on Wednesday night, a feeling even that Keir Starmer’s placating of Donald Trump looks vindicated, what followed was no victory lap.How could it be, after that grotesquely swaggering show trial the president staged in the White House garden, all the better to jazz up an economic assault on what were once his country’s allies? Come on down, Britain, escaping with just the minimum 10% tariff on its exports to the US and no drive-by insults! Better than Taiwan (32% plus a lecture about how the US used to build all the semiconductors once), Vietnam (“They like me, I like them” but still a brutal 46%), the EU (“very very tough traders...

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11 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Tariffs. I'm with Trump, the most Anglophile President in our lifetime. He's thrown Starmer a lifeline he doesn't deserve

Donald Trump dealt Keir Starmer a gold-plated Get Out Of Jail Free card when he dropped his global tariff bomb.

Politics

12 h. ago Labour MP on Trump Tariffs: Britain needs to "keep calm and carry on"

Veteran and MP Mike Tapp commended Keir Starmer’s “statesman-like approach” to handling Trump’s tariffs

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12 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer says trade war with Trump would be 'bad for working people'

President Donald Trump slapped a 10% tariff on exports to the US during his 'liberation day' announcement

Politics

12 h. ago New Manchester United stadium could stage games at 2035 Women’s World Cup – FA

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the UK had submitted the only ‘valid bid’ for 2035.

Sport

12 h. ago US stock market plunges after Trump tariffs with S&P 500 losing nearly 4%

The S&P 500 was on track for its worst day since September 2022

Politics

14 h. ago Donald Trump's 'politically toxic' demands to UK in global trade war revealed as experts speak out

If Sir Keir Starmer was to increase the amount of American food and other products on the shelves of British shops and supermarkets, it would be "politically toxic" and hugely unpopular here in the UK

Politics

15 h. ago Britain braces for Trump trade war as list of US products that could be hit with retaliatory tariffs is released

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says: ‘We will seek the views of UK stakeholders...on products that could potentially be included in any UK tariff response’

Events

16 h. ago Starmer targets Reform as Labour kicks off local election campaign

The Prime Minister was joined by his deputy Angela Rayner and Labour chairwoman Ellie Reeves.

Politics

16 h. ago Keir Starmer launches Labour's local election campaign with attack on Reform amid rising alarm at Nigel Farage threat

Keir Starmer joined his deputy Angela Rayner in the East Midlands as they formally kicked off the push towards the votes on May 1.

Events

17 h. ago Trump’s tariffs, Brexit and Keir Starmer’s next move: Ask John Rentoul anything in exclusive Q&A

How will Trump’s tariffs impact the UK? The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions on trade, whether there’s a ‘Brexit dividend’, Starmer’s strategy, the market fallout and more

Politics

17 h. ago What parents should know before watching Adolescence with their child

Keir Starmer says the Netflix series that has captivated audiences should be shown in UK high schools

Society

18 h. ago Is Donald Trump trying to bully Britain into taking chlorinated chicken? White House swipes at 'non

The US President last night slapped a 10 per cent tariff on American imports of UK goods as part of blizzard of global levies on what he dubbed 'Liberation Day'.

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