The chancellor said Starmer was focused on trying to ‘de-escalate and get the best deal for Britain’

UK prime minister holds phone call with US president as European leaders scramble to protect Danish territory

The conversation follows the US president vowing a 10% levy on the UK and others opposing his annexation of the Danish territory.

Sir Keir Starmer is due to respond to US President Donald Trump's latest move to take over the Danish territory.

PM to speak to reporters this morning amid crisis over the territory and US president’s tariff threats to those who oppose him

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for cool heads as tensions rise between Washington and its European allies.

Keir Starmer explained that Britain supports the “fundamental right” of Greenland and Denmark to decide the future of the Arctic island.

PM says US tariffs are in no one’s interests – and Greenland row should be resolved through ‘calm discussion’

Sir Keir Starmer said the situation was "very serious" and that right approach was through "calm discussion".

Keir Starmer has played down the possibility of retaliatory tariffs on the US, after Donald Trump threatened them against Nato allies unless they support his plan to take…

US treasury secretary says at WEF in Davos that countries and companies should pause and ‘let things play out’

The chancellor said Starmer was focused on trying to ‘de-escalate and get the best deal for Britain’

PM also accuses Kemi Badenoch of supporting efforts by Trump to ‘undermine the government’s position’

Prime minister surprisingly forceful at PMQs over US president’s volte face on Chagos and refusal to drop tariffs threat on Greenland

Sir Keir says President Trump criticised the UK's Chagos Islands deal in order to exert pressure on the PM.