Sir Keir Starmer will not challenge Donald Trump over his Ukraine comments in Washington next week, one of his key deputies has suggested.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is to tell Donald Trump there must be a role for European countries including the UK in any agreement to end the war in Ukraine, when he meets the US President in Washington next week.

Plans for the UK and other European countries to send troops to Ukraine are in their very early stages. But the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, will already be thinking about how such a move could play out at home. Sending UK troops abroad, even on a “peacekeeping” mission, always has the potential to spark huge public debate.

President Donald Trump’s promotion of Russia’s narrative has caused worry in Europe that the United States is redrawing its long-standing alliances.

Sir Keir Starmer will present Donald Trump with a Ukraine peacekeeping plan following the president's attack on Volodymyr Zelensky.