North Lincolnshire Council leader Rob Waltham has urged the UK government to protect its steel industry in response to President Trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. The tariffs, which took effect today,

Sir Keir Starmer has responded to a severe set of tariffs that US leader Donald Trump controversially placed upon steel and aluminium imports earlier this week. Speaking to press, the Prime Minister has since insisted that 'all options' would be kept 'on the table' for the UK.

Starmer seems to have come away with the chance at avoiding tariffs by recognising the constraints of the reality on the ground in Washington.