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Reeves warns Iran war to hit UK families and businesses - MSN
Reeves warns Iran war to hit UK families and businesses Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned that the ongoing Iran conflict will impose significant costs on British families and businesses, with ...
Rachel Reeves Slams Trump Over 'Folly' Of Iran War
Rachel Reeves has slammed Donald Trump over the “folly” of starting a war against Iran as the division between the UK and the US deepens.The chancellor told the Mirror newspaper she feels “very frustrated and angry” over the conflict, and accused the US president of starting it without a plan.Her comments are the strongest criticism of the US president by a government minister.Reeves said: “This is a war that we did not start. It was a war that we did not want. “I feel very frustrated and angry that the US went into this war without a clear exit plan, without a clear idea of what they were trying to achieve. And as a result the Strait of Hormuz is now blocked.”Up until Trump and Israel decided to bomb Iran at the end of February, the Strait of Hormuz operated as a major shipping lane transporting a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas supplies.Iran retaliated by effectively closing the waterway and attacking any ships which passed through it, causing the wholesale cost of oil to soar.Trump has since declared the US will start its own blockade of the Strait, although the the UK government has refused to send its own Navy to support that action. Reeves also reiterated the UK’s decision not to support Trump’s offensives in the Middle East, saying: “We’re not getting involved in the US blockade, we don’t think that is the right approach.“All the way through this conflict we have said de-escalate, de-escalate. The Conservatives and Reform – they both wanted to jump in feet first into this conflict and for us to play a part in active, aggressive, offensive action.”“Obviously no sensible person is a supporter of the Iranian regime,” the chancellor continued.“But to start a conflict without being clear what the objectives are and not being clear about how you are going to get out of it, I do think that is a folly and it is one that is affecting families here in the UK but also families in the US and around the world.“I don’t think it was the right decision. But it was absolutely the right decision for Keir Starmer – our prime minister – to keep us out of this conflict.”Reeves’ words come after the prime minister insisted once again that Britain will not be “dragged in” to the conflict.The PM added: “We’re not supporting the blockade and all of the marshalling diplomatically, politically and capability – we do have mine-sweeping capability, I won’t go into operational matters, but we do have that capability – that’s all focused, from our point of view, on getti...
U.K.'s Top Economic Official Berates Trump for Entering Iran War ...
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves in Stevenage, England, on May 28, 2024. Britain's top economic official said she is "frustrated and angry" with President Donald Trump for entering the Iran ...
Rachel Reeves shares Iran war cost warning - Chronicle Live
The Iran War will come at a cost to "British families and businesses". Those were the stark words of Chancellor Rachel Reeves as the conflict in the Middle East continues. Britain is set to host ...
