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Minister warns UK will respond to Trump tariffs as president rages over VAT - Trump ‘is not willing to tolerate’ VAT, US president’s trade chief says, raising fears UK could face 21 per cent tax ...

Measures to protect American trade, and to bring a swift end to ... the new president. The UK’s new ambassador to the US will be Lord Peter Mandelson, who served as a minister in Sir Tony ...

"He's lost one minister ... described the US-UK relationship as "more than just an alliance, it's a covenant between two partners". He added: "We are committed to increasing defence and encourage ...

Axel Rudakubana, the Southport killer, avoided a whole life sentence because he was nine days too young, a judge said, prompting calls for a change in the law. Rudakubana repeatedly disrupted his ...

The Tory leader accused the Prime Minister of an inconsistent response towards Rudakubana, who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed ... asylum in the UK after fleeing the Rwandan ...

Sir David Davis was speaking during defence questions in Parliament (Ben Whitley/PA) Four Provisional IRA members – Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19 ...

A man has pleaded guilty to murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport ... asylum seeker who had arrived in the UK on a small boat. Thousands of people attended ...

In a House of Lords debate, Defence Minister Lord Coaker detailed the ... Lord Teverson praised Finland’s swift action against the “Eagle S” and questioned whether the UK would act similarly. Coaker ...

Jones, the chancellor's second-in-command, said he was confident UK-US trading relationships could be deepened and that Peter Mandelson ... the Treasury minister suggested the UK could dodge ...

A Cabinet minister ... the UK was 'confident' Lord Mandelson will be accepted as the new UK ambassador to the US - despite rumblings about a potential veto. 'The reason the PM picked Peter ...