Category: David Lammy

Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history

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...

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Trump praises Starmer’s ‘hard’ lobbying as he again suggests UK will be exempt from US tariffs – live

Trump calls Starmer meeting ‘tremendously productive’ and says ‘we have a very good chance at arriving at a very good deal’Trump-Starmer visit: the key takeawaysEuropean Commission president Ursula von...

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Donald Trump greets Keir Starmer at White House – follow live

The two leaders will hold talks, followed by a joint press conferenceEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday to take part in an informal meeting on Ukraine and European security, the...

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White House ‘very pleased’ with UK’s increase in defence spending ahead of Starmer-Trump meeting – live

The two leaders will hold talks later, followed by a joint press conferenceEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday to take part in an informal meeting on Ukraine and European...

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Trump says US won’t give Ukraine security guarantees ‘beyond very much’ ahead of Starmer meeting – UK politics live

Starmer said he wants Trump to agree that, in the event of a peace settlement in Ukraine, US will offer security guarantees that make it durableEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday...

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Starmer warns Russia could reinvade Ukraine without US security guarantees

Prime minister faces major diplomatic effort to get the president on board after he said no plans for US ‘backstop’Keir Starmer has warned that Vladimir Putin could invade Ukraine again unless the US provides...

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Starmer refuses to rule out defence budget being used to fund Chagos Islands deal – UK politics live

PM fields questions on his announcement that the UK will raise defence spending and cut the foreign aid budgetPMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.The threat from the far right is real, but that...

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Badenoch challenges Starmer over defence spending and Chagos deal ahead of his Trump meeting – UK politics live

PM fields questions on his announcement that the UK will raise defence spending and cut the foreign aid budgetPMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.The threat from the far right is real, but that...

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David Lammy says key projects in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan to be protected as aid spending slashed – UK politics live

The foreign secretary described the decision to cut development aid to fund defence as ‘extremely difficult’Good morning. At Westminster MPs are still absorbing the implications of Keir Starmer’s decision to...

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David Lammy refuses to criticise US for not backing UN resolution condemning Russian invasion – as it happened

Foreign secretary says the UK co-sponsored the motion, voted for it and will support Ukraine but refused to criticise USHere are comments from some of the other UK political parties on the third anniversary of the invastion of...

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David Lammy refuses to criticise US for not backing UN resolution condemning Russian invasion – UK politics live

Foreign secretary says the UK co-sponsored the motion, voted for it and will support Ukraine but refused to criticise USHere are comments from some of the other UK political parties on the third anniversary of the invastion of...

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Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks

Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says PM as US threat to block Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites fuels wave of alarmKeir Starmer has raised the stakes before a crucial meeting in Washington with the US...

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