On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the alliance between Britain and America is once again in the spotlight. Sir Keir Starmer has struck a trade deal with Donald Trump – not a phrase many people would have seen coming this time last year – turning the chaos of April’s “Liberation Day” tariffs into a golden opportunity for the United Kingdom.

US President Donald Trump is giving a press conference setting out details of a UK-US trade deal - while Keir Starmer will give an update to the British public soon after

The Government wants "to go further in terms of the trading relationship with the US", Yvette Cooper has said.