SIR Keir Starmer has launched a fresh attack on Brexit – as he considers coughing up massive sums of cash to join an EU defence pact. The PM suggested he would reopen negotiations with

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has arrived in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai in his bid to boost business opportunities for U.K. firms in the world’s second-largest economy, just hours after President Donald Trump signaled a possible opposition to any deal between Beijing and London.

Labour Party has unveiled a relatively unknown candidate, Manchester city councillor Angeliki Stogia, to fight the Gorton and Denton by-election after snubbing the so-called King of the North. David Maddox,

Blasting the PM, Aman raged: "Bottom line is, the Prime Minister of Great Britain had to travel in a burner plane, with burner phones because we can't trust the Chinese with spying on us, and then he goes and gives away a super spy hub to China to build a super spy hub in China.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he still wants the UK to join the European Union’s flagship €150 billion ($178 billion) defense fund after negotiations last year ended in failure.

The leaders of Britain and China have called for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties at a time of global uncertainty.

Sir Keir and Sanae Takaichi discussed ways to strengthen ties between their two nations during the meeting, at the end of the UK prime minister's trip to East Asia.

Journalists in the press pack have reported Sir Keir himself is among the officials using a burner phone while in China, with some of them resorting to using a notepad and pen in the absence of tech. But a government source told Metro the decision to take a British Airways jet was simply down to the size of the delegation going along.

In contrast to its £52bn trade deficit in goods with China in the year to the end of last June, the UK had a £10bn surplus in services, and it hopes the City’s financial and professional services firms can play a greater role in China in coming years.

After winning the 2024 General Election, the scheme was scrapped just before the first flight was due to take off. During his GB News interview, Mr Philp highlighted the case of Deng Majek and argued that the Sudanese migrant, who stabbed hotel worker Rhiannon Whyte 23 times, "frankly should" have been on one of the first flights to Rwanda.

Keir Starmer this week leads a delegation of British businesses to China as he tries to rebuild relations with Beijing.

Sir Keir Starmer told Xi Jinping that he wants a “more sophisticated” relationship with China as the two leaders met in Beijing seeking to patch up ties strained by years of spying scandals and geopolitical tensions.