UK politics live: Starmer to face questions over Trump tariff threats in wake of Reform poll win over Labour
UK politics live: Starmer to face questions over Trump tariff threats in wake of Reform poll win over Labour
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Prime minister facing scrutiny over US trade, Chagos Islands deal and allegations of lockdown meeting with voice coach. Sir Keir Starmer is facing questions over Donald Trump’s threats of aggressive trade tariffs, as the prime minister prepares for a PMQs clash with Kemi Badenoch. Experts told The Independent this week that Sir Keir has been left “walking a tightrope” between the US and Europe, despite signs of optimism as Mr Trump claimed the UK was “out of line” on trade, “but I'm sure that one ... I think that one can be worked out”.
Yet there were fewer signals of goodwill from the White House over the UK’s controversial plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, with Mr Trump’s team warning on Tuesday that the US president may still veto such a move. Wednesday’s PMQs clash comes amid pressure on both leaders over the threat from Reform UK, after Nigel Farage’s party polled higher than both Labour and the Tories for the first time.
