Former Conservative MP Steve Baker launched a scathing attack on David Lammy, branding him "the most ridiculous Foreign Secretary we've ever had" over his dramatic shift in stance towards Donald Trump.

Sir Keir Starmer will visit Washington for talks with Donald Trump within weeks, the foreign secretary has suggested. Speaking ahead of Trump's inauguration as president on Monday, David Lammy said the "strength" of the UK-US relationship meant he was "very confident" the PM would secure an early meeting.

David Lammy could not stop praising Donald Trump today, despite once being an especially vocal critic of the incoming US president. When he was a backbencher in 2018, Lammy called Trump a “woman-hating,

In a gushing interview, Foreign Secretary David Lammy heaped praise on Donald Trump - who he previously branded a 'woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath'

Grogan warned that during Trump’s first term in office there was “far too much negative rhetoric…coming out of the UK about Donald Trump”, instead of what he called “respectful engagement”. He urged Starmer to “flip the page on this and be more respectful of Donald Trump in his second term”.

The UK will be represented by outgoing ambassador to the US Karen Pierce - as questions swirl around her proposed successor, Lord Mandelson

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But the Foreign Secretary played down the prospect of a conflict between Trump’s America and Europe over Greenland

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Mr Lammy told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump’s comments earlier in the week about Greenland come from his concerns about US economic security.

Donald Trump attends Service of Prayer as he begins first full day as the 47th President of the United States following his inauguration

As President Trump takes office later today, Keir Starmer has assembled his top team, tasking them with landing a trade deal with the United States. It’s a nice idea, sure, but he is not going to