Starmer seems forward to first assembly with Biden

Sir Keir Starmer could have his first face-to-face assembly with US President Joe Biden within the White Home later.

The prime minister travelled to the US in a single day for a Nato summit, on the seventy fifth anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

Talking on the aircraft, Sir Keir instructed reporters he hopes the bilateral in Washington DC can be an opportunity to speak about Nato and the so-called UK-US particular relationship.

“That is clearly a really particular relationship we’ve got between the UK and the US,” he mentioned, including there was “a particular facet in terms of defence and safety for apparent causes, together with our dedication to Nato”.

The Labour chief was talking as greater than 300 new MPs continued to be sworn in at Westminster, prepared for the state opening of parliament subsequent week, when the federal government’s programme is specified by the King’s Speech.

There have been additionally questions for Sir Keir about whether or not he believed age restrictions the federal government plans to introduce within the Home of Lords, forcing friends to retire on the age of 80, must be utilized throughout the board.

The scale and position of the Home of Lords have come underneath elevated scrutiny lately, with 784 sitting members, and Sir Keir has beforehand suggesting an alternate, elected second chamber based mostly on fashions elsewhere on the earth.

This is able to have an effect on Labour friends comparable to figures like Labour’s Lord Alf Dubs, who got here to the UK as a baby fleeing the Nazis and has lengthy campaigned on refugee rights, and is 91-years-old.

Sir Keir mentioned: “We’ve acquired 800-plus members of the Home of Lords – it’s just too large. 

“We have to cut back it, so it doesn’t mirror on how different elected representatives are chosen in different nations, it’s to do with the scale of the Home of Lords.”