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.

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

David Lammy has refused to condemn Donald Trump for suggesting he could use military force to take over Greenland. The president-elect made the warning in a rambling press conference earlier this week in which he also said America could seize control of the Panama Canal.

The intensity of US President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric and his unpredictability can be “destabilising”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said. Mr Lammy also criticised Elon Musk, a key Trump ally, following reports the tech billionaire has been involved in private talks to oust Sir Keir Starmer.

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

The Foreign Secretary has called on the incoming US president to say how he will pay for a massive increase in defence spending.

Britain's top diplomat says Europe’s security “is on a knife-edge” and President-elect Donald Trump is right to say NATO member nations must increase military spending.

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

LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Jan 9 refused to condemn President-elect Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions while insisting that the US acquiring the self-governing Danish territory is “not going to happen”.

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

NATO's current target for members' defense spending is 2 percent of their country's GDP. Trump has repeatedly called on the alliance to increase this amount.

Europe’s defence spending must rise with “Russia on the march” and the “post-Cold War peace” now over, David Lammy has said.