We can now bring you further comments from Keir Starmer who says there must be a “US backstop” after peace is secured in Ukraine.

Starmer says this is because a “US security guarantee is the only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again”.

Starmer says he will go to Washington next week to meet Trump and discuss “what we see as the key elements of a lasting peace”.

He says “we envisage a further meeting with European colleagues when I return from the US”, and he will speak to Zelensky in the coming days.

“We have to recognise the new era that we are in, not cling hopelessly to the comforts of the past. It’s time for us to take responsibility for our security, for our continent,” he says, adding he’s made it clear Britain will take a “leading responsibility”.

On Ukraine “we’re at the very early stage of the process”, he says, adding “Europe must play its role”, reiterating he’s willing to consider committing UK forces on the ground alongside others if there is a lasting peace agreement.