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John Healey to go through European peace proposals with his US counterpart Pete Hegseth

The Prime Minister spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday afternoon and said that ‘no one wanted peace more’ than Kyiv.

The Ukrainian president called for a ‘truce in the sky’ and a ‘truce in the sea’ if Russia agrees and said it is ‘time to make things right’.

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump spoke on Monday night, just hours before it emerged the US president was cutting off Ukraine’s arms supply.

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It comes after Donald Trump claimed Volodymyr Zelensky is ‘not ready for peace’, in an extraordinary confrontation between the two leaders

The Government will ‘only ever sign’ agreements that align with the UK’s interests, Downing Street has said.

It is unclear what the Prime Minister is using to claim that the increase would be £13.4 billion per year.

Downing Street said it was right for the new US administration to look at the agreement, which was agreed under Donald Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden.

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Contact could unsettle some in Labour given her past record on the issue including criticism of Lammy report