These two figureheads of the right don’t always agree...

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

Foreign secretary also hit back at Trump’s demands that the UK double its defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP

Safeguarding minister was described as ‘a rape genocide apologist’ by Elon Musk

At first glance, the US and UK elections may seem worlds apart, but in looking back on the campaigns and results, The Independent’s data correspondent Alicja Hagopian discovers some key similarities

President-elect’s former campaign chief hit out at Keir Starmer’s choice for UK ambassador to the US

President-elect’s team deeply unhappy at Starmer’s choice for Britain’s new top diplomat

Many favoured rebuilding stronger ties with the European Union, highlighting benefits such as trade, economic growth, and security cooperation

Donation could be the largest in British electoral history as tech billionaire continues his feud with Keir Starmer

Exclusive: Nigel Farage has been unveiled as a headline speaker at a MAGA gala just a week after Kemi Badenoch met up with vice president elect J. D. Vance as Reform UK and the Tories vie for support from Team Trump

Newly elected Tory leader Kemi Badenoch hopes to have found a new political ally in vice president elect J. D. Vance after the two met – but not everyone in Team Trump is happy

Exclusive: Trump team see Chagos deal row as ‘day one issue’ for new administration as it is unclear whether nuclear weapons will still be allowed at the Diego Garcia base

David Lammy along with the foreign ministers of France and Germany has written to the Israeli government warning about the ‘unacceptable humanitarian situation in Gaza’

The prime minister gave his first big foreign policy speech since the election of Donald Trump as he addressed the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at Mansion House

British food sales to the EU have fallen by almost a fifth since the end of the Brexit transition period, a new report shows

Exclusive: The Chagos Islands deal is facing a crucial 48 hours with the new Mauritius government’s cabinet expected to look at whether to stick with the deal on Friday

Labour could be left reeling by result after Simon Harris’s party slumps in polls following gaffe compared to Gordon Brown’s 2010 ‘bigoted woman’ comments

Labour could be left reeling by result after Simon Harris’s party slumps in polls following gaffe compared to Gordon Brown’s 2010 ‘bigoted woman’ comments

Former defence secretary Gavin Williamson says he has found an ally in Donald Trump to end the US block on recognition of Somaliland