Sir Keir Starmer said the UK had to meet ‘the great challenge of the age’ after US President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on goods sent to the US.

Trump says he will not pause tariffs as Starmer calls for ‘cool heads’ - The Prime Minister said the UK had to ‘rise together as a nation’ in the face of a new era of global instability.

Sir Keir Starmer called for “cool heads” as global markets plunged in response to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which includes impacts on an Oxford car maker.