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Starmer facing MPs’ grilling over growth, welfare and British Steel – UK politics live


PM appears at Commons liaison committee with questions to also focus on international affairs and defence

Half of Britons (51%) think the government should impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the US, according to polling by More in Common, a campaign group. Last week, just before the Trump tariffs were announced, YouGov published figures suggesting 71% of Britons would favour retaliatory tariffs against the US.

Yesterday YouGov also released polling suggesting that only around a third of voters think Keir Starmer and the government played a significant role in ensuring the US tariffs imposed on the UK are relatively low.

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Author : Andrew Sparrow

Publish date : 2025-04-08 15:34:00

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