Britain and the US are to open talks on a new trade deal, following discussions in the White House between Britain’s prime minister Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, the US president. Mr Starmer also said Britain would be prepared to put “boots on the ground and planes in the air” in Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force, following the two leaders’ talks.
Earlier on Thursday afternoon, Mr Starmer’s crucial meeting with Mr Trump appeared to get off to a positive start, as the British prime minister handed the US president a letter from King Charles inviting him for an unprecedented second full state visit to the UK.
Mr Trump suggested he would accept the invitation, as he…