What was billed as an “emergency” Monday morning press conference offered Keir Starmer a now-or-never chance to hit back at Donald Trump over his latest assault on the transatlantic alliance.

Keir Starmer has been dealt his biggest blow yet as GB News was halted for a breaking update on the ongoing illegal migrant crisis. The programme was interrupted to announce that the number of illegal migrants arriving in the UK by small boat has officially reached its highest level under any prime minister.

Following the concessions on inheritance tax thresholds for farmers just before Christmas, this is the second major U-turn within a month, and the 13th since Starmer came into office. Here are some of the other major rowbacks since the 2024 election.

Keir Starmer faced down Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland at an emergency Downing Street press conference - here are the 9 key moments from a dramatic morning

Sir Keir Starmer has sought to de-escalate the diplomatic row over the sovereignty of Greenland - using a rare morning statement in Downing Street to say that a trade war would be in nobody's interests.

It was a “shrewd” move to position himself as Trump’s “most dependable and closest ally”, said Tom Harris in The Telegraph. But now that the US president’s expansionist global ambitions have stretched to include “the enforced purchase” of Greenland, this “carefully cultivated relationship” has become “an embarrassment”.

Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce plans for a consultation on social media restrictions for under-16s amid growing calls for an Australian-style ban.Ministers are expected to make an announcement shortly,