The Latest Breaking News from Jonathan Reynolds

British press urges caution following Donald Trump’s ‘weapon of tariffs’

Brexit has been hailed as a key reason the UK was spared the worst of the tariffs.

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025

'Major economic blow': EU and world leaders react to Trump's tariffs

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new 20% tariff on the European Union drew a sharp rebuke from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Euronews · Apr 3, 2025

Minister due to face MPs after Trump tariffs unveiled

Jonathan Reynolds is due to address MPs on Thursday morning after Mr Trump confirmed sweeping import levies.

Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025

Government urged not to ‘sacrifice’ British agriculture in US trade talks

Farming and food sector leaders said they were ‘very concerned’ about the concessions ministers could make to secure exemptions from US tariffs.

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

What are UK laws on abortion clinic ‘buffer zones’ and what has US been saying?

US vice president JD Vance and now the US State Department have drawn attention to legal cases in the UK.

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

UK business secretary denies free speech issue featured in US tariff talks

Source reportedly says ‘no free trade without free speech’ after US bureau holds meeting with anti-abortion campaigner

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

Trump tariff wars: British firms warned to brace for 'very big hit' from wave of US import levies

Ministers failed to get the US president to agree to a last-minute deal to exempt the UK from tariffs

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

Starmer: Trump tariffs likely to hit UK and all options on table in response

The Prime Minister suggested that retaliatory tariffs were possible but stressed that he does not want to see a trade war.

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

Kemi Badenoch gives credence to race-swap conspiracy theory about Adolescence but admits she hasn’t watched it – as it happened

Conservative party leader says she believes show ‘is based on real story’, a claim described as wholly untrue by writer and co-creator of series

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

No country better placed than UK to strike tariff deal with Trump, business secretary claims

The business secretary said nowhere is better placed to negotiate a carve-out from Donald Trump’s tariffs than Britain

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025