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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Hughes

Starmer set for talks with Trump as UK seeks to shore up ‘special relationship’

Sir Keir Starmer will hold talks with Donald Trump in Washington within weeks as the “special relationship” faces strains under the incoming president.

The US President-elect, who takes office later on Monday, is weighing up whether to approve the appointment of Lord Mandelson as the UK’s new ambassador in Washington, the fate of the Chagos Islands deal and the extent to which tariffs will hit Britain.

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