Sir Keir Starmer will deliver a speech to the nation today to address the Iran crisis - just hours after Donald Trump confirmed the special relationship was on the brink.
Last night, Mr Trump said the UK may no longer be America's "number one ally" over the PM's failure to send ships to the Middle East.
The President has called on his Nato allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the waterway's closure forcing - and keeping - oil prices above $100 per barrel across the weekend.
With skyrocketing energy costs looming, the PM will seek to cool Britons' nerves from Downing Street today.
"It's moments like this that tell you what a Government is about," he will say. "My answer is clear. Whatever challenges lie ahead, this Government will always support working people.
"That is my first instinct - my first priority - to help you with the cost of living through this crisis."
The Government says it will provide "targeted" support for 1.5 million households who rely on heating oil, the cost of which has risen by 80 per cent in a week.
And over the weekend, the Chancellor confirmed Treasury officials had "found the money" to subsidise the oil.
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Prime Minister thanks Canadian opposite number for Ukraine support
Keir Starmer has thanked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for his support on Ukraine at a Downing Street meeting, remarking on the “strong history and values between our countries”.
The Prime Minister said: “The opportunity we have got to put together our values, our principles and apply them to a very volatile world is really important.”
“Thank you for all of your support in Ukraine, it’s been invaluable with the coalition of the willing.”
He also commended the work that Canada and the UK have done with Nato “on the back of a very successful G7”.
Keir Starmer and Mark Carney bond over 'even more challenging' world
Keir Starmer and Mark Carney have bonded over their mutual support amid an "even more challenging" world.
Mr Carney said it was a year ago today that he was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada where he agreed with Sir Keir to “work closely on a number of international issues and also to tighten our bilateral ties in intelligence sharing, in trade”.
“It’s a good thing that has happened because the world’s become even more challenging,” the Canadian Prime Minister said.
He also commended Sir Keir “for your secure leadership of the coalition of the willing”.
Cabinet Minister insists 'we're not protagonists' in Iran war as he hits out at 'other forces in UK politics'
Pat McFadden has insisted the the Governement is not a "protogonist" in the Iran war and hit out at "other forces in UK politics" for supporting the conflict.
Speaking to GB News, the the Work and Pensions Secretary stressed: "We've not sought to be protagonists in this war. The Prime Minister has made that clear from the beginning.
"There have been other forces in UK politics urging us to be protagonists in this war. I don't think that's the right attitude to adopt."
The comment was a veiled swipe at Reform UK and the Conservatives, who have called on Britain to be more supportive of US action in the Middle East.
"We'll always protect our citizens and our military assets in the region, but that response has framed our response to the war so far."
Mel Stride addresses 'deeply worrying' pro-Iranian regime protest
Sir Mel Stride has addressed what he called the "deeply worrying" Quds Day protest in suppport of Iran's Islamic regime that took to the streets of London yesterday.
"We see too much of this kind of behavior on our streets, far too much anti-semitism in our country at the moment, and those things are on the face of it, just very deeply worrying," he told GB News.
"I think the Home Secretary actually was absolutely right to have banned the march. But of course, there was this static protests.
"In terms of what happened there, the Metropolitan Police have clearly arrested a number of people, and they will look into their assessment as to whether there has been a breach of the law of incitement of hatred or the violence or whatever it may be, and take appropriate action.
"We have to wait to see what the police come back with."
Mark Carney meets Keir Starmer at Downing Street
Candian Prime Minister, and former Bank of England governor, Mark Carney has arrived at Downing Street to meet Keir Starmer.
Shadow Chancellor slams Keir Starmer for 'damaging' the special relationship
Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride has slammed Keir Stamer for "damaging" the UK's special relationship with the US over Iran.
It came as the US leader said the UK was no longer America's "number one ally" over the Prime Minister's refusal to send ships to the Middle East.
"The Government was very slow off the mark at the beginning, not allowing access to UK bases to the United States, which, incidentally, of course, is the position we've ended up in, albeit that the relationship with the Americans has soured considerably in the meantime," he told GB News.
"We've got to step up to the plate on this one. "
"So when it comes to these latest requests from the President, I think they have seen in the context, I'm afraid, the flat footedness of this Government and the fact that they've already damaged that special relationship with our most important ally."
Keir Starmer under pressure to grant lower tution fees to European students as Brussels ‘reset’ stalls
Keir Starmer is under pressure from the EU to grant European students lower tuition fees, as his hopes of a “reset” with Brussels have stalled.
The bloc has made the demand as part of any agreement that would allow young people to live and work across borders.
“It is true that talks have stalled and that this is now the main issue on which both sides cannot agree,” one insider said.
British officials say the demand came as a surprise and insist it was not included in last year’s framework agreement between Sir Keir and Ursula von der Leyen.
A Government spokesman said any scheme must be “time-limited” and “capped” and would not include access to home tuition fee status, while one British source described the idea as a “non-starter”.
Analysts estimate that granting EU students domestic fee levels would cost universities around £140m in the first year, rising to £400m over a typical three-year degree. Since Brexit, the share of EU students at UK universities has fallen sharply, from about 27 per cent to just 5 per cent.
EU negotiators want students from the bloc to pay the same rate as their British counterparts when they study in the UK, as part of a Youth Experience Scheme deal.
British students usually pay around £9,500 a year, while international fees can total tens of thousands of pounds.
Met Police chief heads to Washington in bid to release new Mandelson files
The head of the Metropolitan Police is set to visit Washington this week to urge the US to release unredacted exchanges between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein.
Sir Mark Rowley, the Met Commissioner, has already met with US ambassador Warren Stephens - with whom he is understood to have raised the issue.
UK authorities fear that a formal request for the emails may be required to access the unredacted US Department of Justice (DoJ) documents.
The police force has already made contact with the DoJ to gain access to files related to Lord Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
US lawmakers and victims of the convicted paedophile have said the publicly released Epstein files were redacted to hide victims.
Last month, it was revealed some men’s names had been redacted, while some victims' information had been publicly revealed.
Congressmen Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie alleged that six men's names were improperly redacted, but it later turned out four of the men had no connection to Epstein.
Lord Mandelson was arrested on February 23 on suspicion of misconduct in public office, having been accused of passing sensitive information to Epstein during his time as business secretary in Gordon Brown’s Government.
He was subsequently bailed, but later released from his bail conditions, although he remains under investigation.
Greens plan to break with Church of England in assault on centuries of British heritage
The Green Party has announced plans to separate the Church of England from the state should it win the next General Election.
Under proposals outlined in party policy documents, Zack Polanski's party would end the Prime Minister's involvement in appointing the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Church would also become a self-governing institution, while bishops currently sitting in the House of Lords would lose their seats.
Elsewhere, the role of the Church's representative in the House of Commons, held by Labour MP Marsha de Cordova, would also be scrapped...
Iran dishes out WAR THREAT to Britain if Keir Starmer sends warships to guard Strait of Hormuz
Iran has directly threatened Britain with military action if it sends the Royal Navy to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
With Donald Trump repeatedly calling for an alliance to guard the waterway - and bring oil prices down - Iram's Foreign Ministry dished out a chilling threat to the UK.
A spokesman for the ministry said any help given to the US would be seen as "complicity in the crime of aggression".
"We are not at war with the UK... but any participation in this war would be regarded as participating in the US-Israel war of aggression against Iran," Esmail Baghaei raged to Times Radio.
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister has claimed Tehran is "open to countries who want to talk" about securing safe passage of their vessels.
His country is repeatedly attacking tankers in the Arabian Gulf.
Breaking through the night: Donald Trump launches vicious new attack on Keir Starmer's Britain - and warns Nato faces 'very bad future'
Donald Trump launched a vicious new attack on Sir Keir Starmer's Britain overnight
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Donald Trump launched a vicious new attack on Sir Keir Starmer's Britain overnight in the latest blow to the "special relationship".
The President said Britain may no longer be America's "number one ally" - just days after his Middle East envoy suggested his and Sir Keir's relationship was broken.
The President said that Nato allies should pitch in and help reopen the Strait of Hormuz - and argued that China and Europe are more reliant on oil from the Gulf than the US.
He told the FT: "If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response I think it will be very bad for the future of Nato."
While the UK's response to the Iran war was lacking, Mr Trump said, despite being America's "longest-serving" ally.
He added that when he "asked for them to come, they didn't want to come"...