In a keynote speech David Lammy warned Europe is 'on a knife edge' and said the post-Cold War era of peace is over as he agreed with Donald Trump over the need to spend big on defence

With Russia on the march and the end of post-Cold War peace, David Lammy has argued that Europe’s defence spending must rise. The foreign secretary said for the UK to be “taken seriously… we must put our money where our mouth is” in his first major speech of 2025.

The series of rooms, which act "as a memorial to a supposed diplomatic triumph promising an era of international cooperation", were supposed to be the perfect backdrop for Labour to set out its vision for a more "progressive reality".

Europe's future security is on a knife edge.' In a call for Britain and Western allies to 're-learn the Cold War manual', Mr Lammy demanded ... by the Tories since David Cameron's cuts.

On the subject of Nato, he went so far as to say: “Donald Trump and JD Vance are simply right when they say that Europe needs to ... expect to say this, but David Lammy has been one of the ...

David Lammy and Yvette Cooper have thrown their weight ... it would become China’s biggest diplomatic mission in Europe. At more than 10 times the size of its existing embassy at Portland ...

Lammy played down the influence of Elon Musk, the wealthy ally of Trump who in recent days has personally attacked British ministers on X. He said the tech boss would have only a "domestic portfolio" in the new administration and his role had not come up in talks between British and Trump officials.

Iain Duncan Smith says Ryan Cornelius ‘should be released immediately’ from 16-year sentence or impose sanctions on state’s bank chairman

David Lammy addressed diplomats ... about Nato” he “actually increased the amount of US troops stationed in Europe, he sent the first Javelins (anti-tank missiles) to Ukraine.”

Donald Trump's incoming counter-terrorism chief demanded the repatriation of British members of so-called IS being held in Syrian prison camps.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said 'we may well be on the brink' of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The US president-elect has said he cannot assure the world he would not use military force to gain Greenland and the Panama Canal.