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.

David Lammy and Yvette Cooper have thrown their weight behind Beijing’s bid to build a new “super-embassy” in London. The Cabinet ministers have backed the project just days after Rachel Reeves’s trip to China,

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".

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 Maddox, The Independent David Lammy has declared that the hard-won “post-Cold War peace is well and truly over” as he used his first major

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has played down US president-elect Donald Trump's threats to acquire Greenland. The Arctic territory is controlled by Denmark but is also home to a US military base and also has oil drilling and mineral mining potential.

Watch again as foreign secretary David Lammy announced new sanctions to target the finances of people smuggling networks in a major speech on Thursday (9 January). The planned measures are intended to disrupt the flow of money and make it harder for ringleaders to profit from the deadly trade.

The president-elect's refusal to rule out military action against Greenland was, Lammy said, an example of his "destabilising" rhetoric. He said Trump was focused on Arctic security but such an attack by one member of Nato on another was "simply not going to happen".

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that “the post-Cold War peace is well and truly over.” “Donald Trump and JD Vance are simply right when they say that Europe needs to do more to defend its ...

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

The intensity of US President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric and his unpredictability can be “destabilising”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said ... increased the amount of US troops stationed in Europe, he sent the first Javelins (anti-tank missiles) ...