Keir Starmer said Canada was an 'independent, sovereign nation' and 'a much-valued member of the Commonwealth' - after Donald Trump described it as 'the 51st state' of America'

The Prime Minsiter said ‘nothing’ he had heard from the US president suggested Washington was poised to get involved.

Sir Keir Starmer has directly challenged Donald Trump by declaring that "Canada is an independent, sovereign country and a much-valued member of the Commonwealth". The Prime Minister gave his stout defence of Canada as the country has been rocked by the President's claim that he wants to annex it as the 51st state of America.

Keir Starmer said Tory Kemi Badenoch never raised the issue of grooming gangs when she was a minister - and Chris Philp also failed to mention in when he was a Home Office Minister

The Prime Minister is on his way to Canada for talks with his counterpart, Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England.

The prime minister has stood strong with Canada ahead of next week's G7 summit

The UK does not need to push out British Steel’s Chinese owners in order to cut a deal to reduce US tariffs on steel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.

Sir Keir Starmer has urged British nationals in Israel to register their presence there as countries step up efforts to bring back stranded citizens.The Foreign Office has advised against all travel to Israel,