The Foreign Secretary made the remarks as he updated MPs about the new 100-year partnership deal between the UK and Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has been humiliated by Foreign Secretary David Lammy in the House of Commons as he said it would take the Russian dictator a century to invade Ukraine

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was brutally mocked in the House of Commons as the Foreign Secretary said it would take him a century to invade Ukraine. Putin's bloody war has destroyed Russian's economy and caused huge numbers of casualties, said Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

David Lammy used to be an arch-critic of Donald Trump. Can he deal with the new Administration and reset the U.K.’s relationship with the E.U. at the same time?

Donald Trump’s second-term will begin today, kicking off four years which are likely to push the US-UK ‘special relationship’ to its limits. Much has been made of the tension between Sir Keir Starmer and the incoming US president in the build up to the day, with the pair seeming to disagree on a number of fronts.

That last quality explains Sir Olly’s imminent return to Whitehall from the private sector, as the permanent under-secretary, or top official, of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

The foreign secretary has used his first major speech of 2025 to go after the Putin’s aggression in tearing up the world order and back Trump’s demands for significant increases in defence spending

NATO's current target for members' defense spending is 2 percent of their country's GDP. Trump has repeatedly called on the alliance to increase this amount.

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It comes amid fears of a global trade war after Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on goods entering the US

Ministers and officials are sounding more optimistic about the incoming administration despite challenges over Ukraine, defence spending, China and trade