The PM confirmed Policy Exchange helped draft laws targeting climate activists, as first revealed by openDemocracy

The PM has not been open with his citizens for fear of backlash from Washington. This crisis demands he speak directly to the country, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade deal Keir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy. British government officials in London and Washington are working frantically this weekend to try to persuade Trump not to slap duties on more key UK industries on what he is calling “liberation day” on Wednesday. The US president has already announced plans for 25% levies on imports of cars, steel and aluminium to the US. Continue reading...