Starmer says he is ‘fed up’ with Trump and Putin’s impact on UK energy costs

Keir Starmer, pictured with aircrew in Saudi Arabia this week, said the Israeli attacks on Lebanon were wrong and should stop. Photograph: Alastair Grant/Reuters

Keir Starmer has said he is “fed up” with the effect that Donald Trump’s actions in the Middle East are having on the British public, while appearing to draw a comparison between the US president and Vladimir Putin.

Speaking to ITV’s Robert Peston on Thursday, the prime minister said: “I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.”