Sir Keir Starmer won White House backing to serve as a leadership bridge between the United States and Europe as the new Prime Minister made clear that there is no lessening in the UK’s multibillion-pound support for Ukraine.
After meeting both US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky on the margins of a Nato summit in Washington, the Labour PM was to tell the 32-nation gathering on Thursday that the leaders must all send a “clear message” to Vladimir Putin.