43 h. ago Starmer: Trump tariffs likely to hit UK and all options on table in response

The Prime Minister suggested that retaliatory tariffs were possible but stressed that he does not want to see a trade war.

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44 h. ago Keir Starmer 'won't hit back' at looming Trump tariffs as he vows a 'calm response'

Keir Starmer is gathering Cabinet on the eve of the Donald Trump's so-called 'Liberation Day' - when he has vowed to impose huge levies on imports from around the world.

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61 h. ago Keir Starmer and UK to be hit by Donald Trump's tariffs as Downing Street gives major update

The UK is expecting to be hit by Donald Trump's tariffs this week, Downing Street has said, despite efforts to get an exemption before so-called 'Liberation Day'

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3 d. ago PETER HITCHENS: Warmongering Keir Starmer is marching us all to a nuclear exchange. And here's why the Russians could WIN one

Are our leaders, any of them, actually thinking? Do they know what sort of toys they are playing with? What cause is it, exactly, which justifies exposing this country to such a risk?

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3 d. ago PETER HITCHENS: Deranged Keir Starmer is marching us all to nuclear war. And here's why the Russians could WIN one

Are our leaders, any of them, actually thinking? Do they know what sort of toys they are playing with? What cause is it, exactly, which justifies exposing this country to such a risk?

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4 d. ago PETER HITCHENS: Keir Starmer is a deranged lunatic marching us all to nuclear war. And here's why the Russians could WIN one

Are our leaders, any of them, actually thinking? Do they know what sort of toys they are playing with? What cause is it, exactly, which justifies exposing this country to such a risk?

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4 d. ago PETER HITCHENS: Keir Starmer is a deranged lunatic marching us ALL to nuclear war. And here's why the Russians would actually WIN one...

Are our leaders, any of them, actually thinking? Do they know what sort of toys they are playing with? What cause is it, exactly, which justifies exposing this country to such a risk?

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump that Britain could yet hit back against US tariffs as PM says 'all options are on the table' with Labour continuing frantic talks to escape trade levies

The Prime Minister said the UK reserves the right to respond to American trade levies, after the US President slapped a 25 per cent import tax on cars.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer says Nigel Farage ‘can’t even lead a party that fits in the back of a taxi’

Sir Keir Starmer hit out at Nigel Farage during Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions, saying he "can't even lead a party that fits in the back of a taxi".

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2 w. ago UK politics live: Badenoch hits Starmer with ‘emergency budget’ jab about upcoming spring statement

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver a spring statement next week

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2 w. ago PMQs live: Badenoch hits Starmer with ‘emergency budget’ jab about upcoming spring statement

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver a spring statement next week

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3 w. ago Starmer hints he will hit back at Trump as tariff war intensifies

PM says ‘all options on table’ after MPs urge him to match tough EU stance and Trump White House sources threaten to extract a high price for a trade deal

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3 w. ago Starmer hits out after being interrupted during NHS racism speech: ‘You’ve let yourself down’

Sir Keir Starmer hit out at a member of Parliament who interrupted his speech on reported discrimination within the NHS during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 12 March.

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3 w. ago Will Starmer start a trade war with Trump? PM says he is 'disappointed' at tariffs as Europe hits back with its own levies on the US in growing global crisis

Taking PMQs in the Commons, Keir Starmer made clear his unhappiness that the US had pushed ahead with the blanket 25 per cent levy on steel and aluminium imports.

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3 w. ago Starmer says 'all options on table' after UK hit by Trump's steel and aluminium tariffs

The global tariffs came into effect at 4am GMT, and raise a flat duty on steel and aluminium entering America to 25%

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3 w. ago Now Trump targets Britain and EU with tariffs in transatlantic trade war: Starmer's pleas to spare UK fail as Europe hits back

Donald Trump has pushed ahead with the 25 per cent levy on steel and aluminium imports despite desperate pleas for an exemption.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer ally hits out at DWP benefit cut plan in rare public criticism

Trades Union Congress General Secretary Paul Nowak warned: 'A major lesson from the Tory years is that austerity damaged the nation’s health. We must not make the same mistake again'

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4 w. ago Iraq veteran MP condemns JD Vance over claim Britain ‘hasn’t fought a war in 40 years’

Keir Starmer hit back as vice president accused of ‘erasing experience’ of UK armed forces personnel who served alongside US in Iraq and Afghanistan

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4 w. ago Putin is not Hitler. His actions in Ukraine are horrific enough to need no exaggeration | Simon Jenkins

Keir Starmer has said we face the greatest threat to our national security since the cold war. Such hyperbole helps nobodyIs Vladimir Putin another Adolf Hitler? The western world seems to think so. In which case is Donald Trump another Neville Chamberlain and Ukraine another Czechoslovakia? Is history bunk, or is it a wise old man leaning on the gate as Europe storms into its latest crisis?Godwin’s law holds that the longer a political argument continues, the nearer it gets to Hitler. This reductio ad Hitlerum distorts the issue under discussion and diminishes the exceptional horror of Hitler and the Holocaust. A variant of Godwin’s law goes further. It asserts that having to call Hitler in aid means that you have already lost the argument.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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