British prime minister seeking to smooth ties between Westminster and SNP-run Scotland while foreign secretary attempts to build relationship with European governments
British prime minister Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar during an event in Edinburgh to welcome new Labour MPs in Scotland.
Earlier, he held calls with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. He told the Israeli leader that the Palestinian government must have the funds to operate effectively and also to ensure that “the long-term conditions for a two-state solution were in place”, according to Downing Street. Mr Starmer told Mr Abbas that the Palestinians had an “undeniable right” to their state as part of a peace process.
As part of a tour of Europe following Labour’s victory, Britain’s new foreign secretary David Lammy on Sunday visited Poland, which borders war-battered Ukraine, while defence secretary John Healey visited the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Mr Lammy also visited Sweden, the newest member of the US-led Nato military alliance that backs Ukraine in its war with Russia. He visited Germany on Saturday but has yet to visit France, where voting was under way in the second round of parliamentary elections.
In a significant move, Mr Starmer appointed high-profile Blairite and the former Scotland and transport secretary Douglas Alexander to the crucial trade brief in the new government. Mr Alexander, who returns to the House of Commons following the election, had been out of politics since losing his seat in 2015.
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