Sir Keir Starmer has admitted he has not spoken to Donald Trump since before he imposed his sweeping tariffs, despite Downing Street insisting that they are making good progress towards a trade deal with the US.

Keir Starmer has warned that it is not “enough” for the UK to secure “any” US trade deal in a bid to get reduced tariffs, as the global economic turmoil rumbles on. Donald Trump announced global tariffs on foreign goods going into the US on April 2.

In the address, Starmer will emphasize the supposed end to globalization and admit to Englanders that the accompanying policies of free trade and mass migration have failed millions of voters, the report stated. Starmer has yet to speak with President Trump about the freshly imposed tariffs.