Prime minister to give press conference from Downing Street
Keir Starmer’s press conference is now due to start at 10.15am.
To liven things up, the Telegraph has just published an interview with Donald Trump in which the president says that he is seriously considering pulling out of Nato, and suggests that the UK does not have a proper navy.
As the oil price surges once more, there are growing fears the government’s “don’t panic” messaging may be underplaying the scale of the challenges ahead and crowding out sensible advice on cutting consumption.
“It’s the wrong message,” says Andrew Sissons, the director of the climate programme at research foundation Nesta, referring to the government’s communications so far on the war’s impact. “The reality is that the global supply of oil and gas is going to be down by maybe 20%. It’s a supply crisis, which means everybody needs to consume less” …
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2026-04-01 09:08:00
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