Britain and China will aim to revive a "golden era" business dialogue when Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Beijing next week, three sources familiar with the initiative said, with top company executives from both sides invited to participate.

SIR Keir Starmer has declared he will not yield to Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland. The Prime Minister brushed off the US President’s furious Chagos outburst as an attempt to strong-arm

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.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accused Donald Trump of pressuring him over Greenland by attacking the Chagos deal - which the US President had previously welcomed

He has now faced direct challenges to his ability to lead by two senior figures, including the former Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner. Ms Rayner, who had served in Government until she was forced to resign after failing to pay £40,000 of stamp duty, blasted the embattled PM in an article for a national newspaper.

The US president on Wednesday evening said he and Nato chief Mark Rutte had ‘formed the framework of a future deal’ for security in the Arctic region.

Cabinet minister Darren Jones said the US administration had welcomed the deal on the islands in the Indian Ocean

Richard Holden, the Shadow Transport Secretary, was ordered out of the Commons by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle after Keir Starmer quipped he could be the next Reform defector

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.