Sir Keir Starmer is to move overseas over the New 12 months after spending Christmas Day at Chequers in Buckinghamshire.
The prime minister is having fun with his first festive interval within the function after winning the general election at the beginning of July.
In accordance with a Downing Road spokesperson, he’ll spend time together with his household over the approaching days.
Nevertheless, as a substitute of doing so at Downing Road or their household residence, the Starmers will head to the grace and favour nation residence of Chequers within the Buckinghamshire countryside.
After spending the 25 December there, the prime minister and his household are going to go “overseas” over New 12 months’s Day – though the place was not confirmed.
Sir Keir Starmer is spending Christmas at Chequers in Buckinghamshire. Pic: PA
The prime minister has drawn criticism from some circles about his frequent trips abroad to numerous summits.
Since Labour’s election win in July, he has flown to locations together with Samoa, Brazil, Azerbaijan, the US, Saudi Arabia and lots of others.
Nevertheless, these journeys have all been for summits and worldwide conferences, fairly than private holidays.
Sir Keir‘s subsequent journey was confirmed to journalists as a authorities spokesperson spoke earlier than the Christmas break.
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Reporters have been additionally instructed the prime minister had spoken to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday morning.
The pair mentioned the UK’s help for Kyiv in its conflict in opposition to Russia.
A spokesperson stated: “President Zelenskyy mirrored on the state of affairs on the frontline in Ukraine and the necessity to guarantee Ukraine might degrade Russian forces for the lengthy haul.
“What occurs in Ukraine within the coming weeks and months issues to Europe and NATO, and it was very important President Putin’s ambitions fail in Ukraine, the leaders agreed.”
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This comes forward of Donald Trump’s return to the White House in lower than a month, and his stance that the negotiations to finish the battle ought to start swiftly.
The spokesperson additionally defended the choice to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the USA underneath Mr Trump, saying the New Labour architect has in depth overseas coverage and commerce experience and exhibits how significantly the UK is taking its relationship with the US.
