In a keynote speech David Lammy warned Europe is 'on a knife edge' and said the post-Cold War era of peace is over as he agreed with Donald Trump over the need to spend big on defence

With Russia on the march and the end of post-Cold War peace, David Lammy has argued that Europe’s defence spending must rise. The foreign secretary said for the UK to be “taken seriously… we must put our money where our mouth is” in his first major speech of 2025.

David Lammy and Yvette Cooper have thrown their weight behind Beijing’s bid to build a new “super-embassy” in London. The Cabinet ministers have backed the project just days after Rachel Reeves’s trip to China,

The series of rooms, which act "as a memorial to a supposed diplomatic triumph promising an era of international cooperation", were supposed to be the perfect backdrop for Labour to set out its vision for a more "progressive reality".

Europe's future security is on a knife edge.' In a call for Britain and Western allies to 're-learn the Cold War manual', Mr Lammy demanded ... by the Tories since David Cameron's cuts.

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Iain Duncan Smith says Ryan Cornelius ‘should be released immediately’ from 16-year sentence or impose sanctions on state’s bank chairman

Lammy played down the influence of Elon Musk, the wealthy ally of Trump who in recent days has personally attacked British ministers on X. He said the tech boss would have only a "domestic portfolio" in the new administration and his role had not come up in talks between British and Trump officials.

David Lammy addressed diplomats ... about Nato” he “actually increased the amount of US troops stationed in Europe, he sent the first Javelins (anti-tank missiles) to Ukraine.”

Watch again as foreign secretary David Lammy announced new sanctions to target the finances of people smuggling networks in a major speech on Thursday (9 January). The planned measures are intended to disrupt the flow of money and make it harder for ringleaders to profit from the deadly trade.

Donald Trump's incoming counter-terrorism chief demanded the repatriation of British members of so-called IS being held in Syrian prison camps.

The US president-elect has said he cannot assure the world he would not use military force to gain Greenland and the Panama Canal.