Sir Keir Starmer will meet US President Joe Biden in the White House on Wednesday.
Sir Keir Starmer will present Joe Biden with a personalised Arsenal shirt when the pair meet at the White House.
The Prime Minister will also give the US leader a copy of the Atlantic Charter which paved the way for the formation of Nato, complete with then Labour leader Clement Attlee’s amendments. Sir Keir, who has proposed forcing peers to retire from the House of Lords at 80, sidestepped a suggestion that meant Mr Biden was too old, instead insisting he was motivated by reducing the size of the Upper Chamber.
“We have, within that, a special aspect when it comes to defence and security for obvious reasons including our commitment to Nato. Asked whether he believed his plan for peers to retire at 80 should apply across the board, Sir Keir said: “In terms of the age in the House of Lords, the simple fact is that our House of Lords is massive.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who accompanied Sir Keir on the trip to Washington, met his US counterpart Antony Blinken.
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