Sir Keir Starmer is set to visit Washington in the coming weeks for discussions with Donald Trump, according to Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

The prime minister and the new president of the United States are rather different characters.

Despite fears in No10 over threatened tariffs and the erratic nature of Trump's first stint in the White House, the PM said the UK-US special relationship will 'continue to flourish for years to come'

Sir Keir Starmer is set to travel to Donald Trump’s White House within weeks after the US president took office promising a new “golden age of America”.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived at Donald Trump's inauguration following Keir Starmer 's snub from the event. The Prime Minister was not invited to the swearing-in of the 47th US President although Mr Johnson, former PM Liz Truss and Reform leader Nigel Farage were.

Downing Street said it is ‘entirely normal’ for Britain to be represented by outgoing ambassador Dame Karen Pierce

Sir Keir has criticised Mr Trump in the past and has spoken of his beliefs as “repugnant”, however there does not appear to be any evidence that he has directly used the term racist to describe the president-elect. In January 2016 Sir Keir said Mr Trump had made “offensive remarks about Muslims, women and migrants”.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage accused the Labour prime minister of ‘getting off to the worst possible start’ with the incoming Trump administration

US leaders normally make London their first port of call after being inaugurated, to show the depth of the 'special relationship'.

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Sir Keir Starmer congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as the forty-seventh President of the United States. The British PM did not attend the ceremony in Washington.