Wes Streeting was confronted with old tweets he made opposing Donald Trump’s last state visit, after Keir Starmer yesterday (27 February) presented the US president with a royal invitation for a second UK visit.

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The get-together between the UK prime minister and US president barely made a splash across the AtlanticA quick scan of the UK newspaper front pages and you would be forgiven for thinking it was the diplomatic moment of the century, but a glance at the media on the other side of the Atlantic suggests Keir Starmer and Donald Trump’s get-together barely made a splash.Instead, much of the scant coverage portrayed the prime minister as a messenger, bringing an invite for something much more glamorous than a former lawyer from Oxted: the royal red carpet. Continue reading...

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The Deputy Prime Minister will call her English Devolution programme the 'biggest power shift in a generation'

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NGOs accuse prime minister of following US by accepting ‘false choice’ of cutting aid to fund defenceSir Keir Starmer is to take UK overseas aid to its lowest level as a percentage of national income since records began, even if he manages to halve the current £4.5bn cost of housing asylum seekers.The extraordinary finding, a complete reversal of Labour manifesto pledges and its historical commitment to helping the world’s poorest, is made by Ian Mitchell, the co-director of the respected London-based thinktank the Centre for Global Development. Continue reading...

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Sir Keir Starmer and Trump held crunch White House talks on Ukraine and trade

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Sir Keir Starmer and Trump held crunch White House talks on Ukraine and trade

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British prime minister says agreement will form ‘at least one element’ of security guarantee for Kyiv

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The Prime Minister will gather European leaders in London on Sunday for discussions on a potential end to the Ukraine war.

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Friday’s papers have a largely, if not unanimously, warm response to the Prime Minister’s trip to the White House.

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The British prime minister has been more barn owl than barn stormer in the White House – but it worked, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

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The comments came after an earlier exchange with the US vice president.

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In an extraordinary exchange at the White House, the President and Prime Minister lavished each other with praise and played down the vast political gulf between them.

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After accusing European leaders of giving up on free speech on their home soil, Vice President J.D. Vance tangled with the British prime minister on the issue in the White House Oval Office.

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President claims presence of US workers in Ukraine would deter Russian aggression after talks with Keir StarmerStarmer visits Trump: latest updatesDonald Trump has insisted that Vladimir Putin would “keep his word” on a peace deal for Ukraine, arguing that US workers extracting critical minerals in the country would act as a security backstop to deter Russia from invading again.During highly anticipated talks at the White House with the prime minister, Keir Starmer, the US president said that Putin could be trusted not to breach any agreement, which could aim to return as much of the land as possible to Ukraine that was seized by Russia during the brutal three-year conflict. Continue reading...

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Prime Minister’s attitude towards Russia is a stark contrast from the American president’s

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Meeting between the Labour prime minister and US president touched on Ukraine, tariffs, trade deals, the Chagos Islands, Nato and a historic state visit invitation from King Charles

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has gone on a trip to the White House to meet US President Donald Trump.

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‘I have an interview to do with the UK prime minister today,’ Bret Baier said. ‘I don‘t know what he is doing.’

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SKETCH: The British prime minister is not known for his charm, but he brought a secret weapon with him to disarm Trump, writes Richard Hall

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Sir Keir Starmer and Trump held crunch talks on Ukraine and the economy at the White House

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