On Monday the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, said his party backed the UK sending troops to protect a ceasefire deal – but said the party’s position was that parliament must be consulted.
Starmer confirmed for the first time on Sunday night he was prepared to put British troops “in harm’s way” in order to protect a peace deal in Ukraine that ended the war launched by Russia.
He said: “There has more broadly been cross-party support for the UK’s backing of Ukraine since the conflict first began and we’ve always been very clear that we are going to play our role in future security guarantees but we’re not going to get ahead of decisions on that and obviously parliament will continue to be updated and consulted as appropriate.”.
“The PM is absolutely right when it comes to the deployment of British troops in Ukraine to uphold any peace deal and deter Putin,” Davey said.
Keir Starmer has not ruled out holding a parliamentary vote on committing UK troops to a peacekeeping role in Ukraine after a ceasefire, after calls from some within Labour and the Lib Dems.
