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Sir Keir Starmer to Address Nation Today After Donald Trump Warning
Starmer pledges targeted £53 million heating oil aid to support 1.5 million vulnerable UK households amid doubled costs from Middle East conflict disruptions.
- Downing Street confirmed that Sir Keir Starmer held a national address today, resisting calls to send warships after a Sunday call with US President Donald Trump.
- The Middle East blockade has disrupted shipping and energy markets, driving up costs worldwide as around 1.5 million homes face doubled heating-oil prices.
- The government warned heating-oil suppliers against exploiting the crisis, stating 'I will not tolerate companies trying to exploit this crisis to make money from working people', and said legal action will follow if laws are broken.
- Defence sources say Britain is considering sending mine-hunting drones rather than warships, while Yvette Cooper has mobilised more than £5 million for humanitarian aid in Lebanon.
- Against rival calls to escalate, Starmer used the crisis to criticise Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, defending his decision not to allow US forces to use UK bases, saying 'Moments like this also tell you about leadership.
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UPDATE: Starmer says the UK “will not be drawn into the wider war” in the Middle East, and the government is ‘working on a viable plan’ to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. No commitment on warships to do that. He confirms a £53 million support package for “those households that are most exposed” to rising…
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