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2 April 2024
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir John Sawers said that the airtsrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria that killed senior Iranian commanders was an attempt to 'undermine that line of control between Tehran and the so-called proxy militias' such as Hezbollah.
31 March 2024
On X, the Shadow Foreign Secretary has called on the Government to 'come clean' on the legal advice it has received in relation to whether Israel is breaking international law in its invasion of Gaza. This comes after Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs select committee, was secretly recorded as saying that ministers were concealing the advice.
14 March 2024
Negotiations for a free trade agreement between the UK and Türkiye have begun in London, with the Government promising UK businesses 'huge opportunities' in exporting to the country.
14 March 2024
The Biden administration has announced sanctions on three settlers and two West Bank settler outposts. This comes after the US sanctioned four men accused of settler violence in February. Finance Minister (and West Bank settler) Bezalel Smotrich said that the sanctions were part of a smear campaign against Israel that would lead to 'the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state'.
13 March 2024
The Foreign Office has announced that 150 tonnes of UK aid entered Gaza today, including 13,000 blankets and 840 family-sized tents, to be followed by a full field hospoital later this week. The Foreign Secretary also announced an additional £10 million in aid to Gaza, bringing the UK's total spend to £100 million this financial year.
15 February 2024
A poll conducted by YouGov has found that desire among Brits for a ceasefire in Gaza has grown as the conflict has continued. 66% of those polled wanted to see Israel stop their offensive in the Gaza strip, up 7 percentage points since November. 28% said they sympathised more with the Palestinian side, compared to 16% for the Israeli side and 22% for both equally.
30 January 2024
Lord Cameron has broken with longstanding UK policy towards Israel-Palestine by arguing that the UK could recognise a Palestinian state, including at the UN, prior to any final peace deal. The Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, called the comments ‘historic’.
14 January 2024
In an article for The Independent, the Labour leader doubles down on support for UK and US action against Houthi rebels.
Keir Starmer to stress Labour’s green credentials at COP28 summit
30 November 2023
The Labour leader is attending the UN climate summit in the United Arab Emirates alongside shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband and shadow foreign secretary David Lammy. The trio will attend various engagements and events with global leaders in politics, business and civil society.
16 August 2023
Speaking during a five-day visit to Brazil, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy set out plans for a “new economic diplomacy,” with special “economic attaches” dispatched to boost trade with key developing nations.
31 October 2023
Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech detailing the Labour Party's position on the conflict in the Middle East.
10 August 2023
The UK, US and Canada have sanctioned Lebanon's former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and his close associates involved in corruption.
1 August 2023
The fourth round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) took place between 17 and 28 July. The GCC was equivalent to the UK’s 7th largest export market and total trade was worth £61.3 billion in 2022.