Labour MPs open to Brexit trade deal with Trump allies
The Independent|May 22, 2024
Speculation is mounting that Labour is paving the way to open UK-US trade talks with a Donald Trump administration if he wins back the White House just as Sir Keir Starmer enters Downing Street.
DAVID MADDOX
Labour MPs open to Brexit trade deal with Trump allies

The Independent has learnt that senior Labour MPs, including shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock and shadow exports minister Tan Dhesi, were guests at the right-wing Heritage Foundation in Washington DC this week.

The Heritage Foundation has earned a reputation for being at the heart of a shift to the right in the Republican Party. It has led Project 2025, the preparations for the next Republican administration in the White House including policy documents and staffing. The shadow ministers were joined by Tory Crewe MP Kieran Mullan and pro-Trump British think tank the Legatum Institute at the discussions in Washington.

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