MPs compel Starmer and Reeves to avoid 'surrender' to Trump with tax cuts for US tech giants

Amid tariff chaos

Linus Uhlig
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves have been warned by cross-party members of parliament to avoid an “abject surrender” to US President Donald Trump, as the pair consider reducing tax for US tech firms.

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