Sir Keir Starmer is looking to relink the UK and EU emission trading schemes in a sign of the prime minister becoming more ambitious over his “reset” of relations with Brussels ahead of a key meeting next week.

The Prime Minister's plan hinges on countries like France, Germany, Turkey and Iraq deciding to "team up with you" and seize the smugglers' assets.

These changes make this an opportune moment for Sir Keir Starmer to re-engage with the EU. Next weekend the prime minister will attend his first informal summit with other European leaders in Brussels,

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK economy is starting to turn around as he sought to reset his government’s relationship with business after a torrid first six months in power for Labour.

Keir Starmer has insisted that the economy is 'beginning to turn around', and that growth remains his government's number one priority at a meeting with senior executives this morning.

Sir Keir Starmer has claimed Britain's economy is "starting to turn around" - in the face of growing fears that the UK is teetering on the brink of recession once again. Speaking to Bloomberg after a meeting with business bosses in the City today,

US President Donald Trump has said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has done a "very good job thus far" and that the pair have a "very good relationship". Asked by the BBC on board Air Force One about his relationship with Sir Keir, Trump added that they would be having a call "over the next 24 hours" - a conversation which has since taken place.

Will Donald Trump and Keir Starmer form an unlikely political alliance, or will their obvious differences get in the way? Despite Trump’s praise for the UK PM, tensions are rising elsewhere, with Elon Musk throwing shade on Starmer’s leadership.

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump agreed to meet “soon” in their first phone call since the US president ’s inauguration. In the 45-minute call, Sir Keir praised the US president for his “role in securing the landmark ceasefire and hostages deal in Gaza”, Downing Street said.