Starmer says UK will not join ‘regime change from the skies’ on Iran

PM defends use of UK bases for defensive action but says UK has ‘learned the lessons from Iraq’ on need for ‘thought-through plan’ US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Keir Starmer has said the UK will not join offensive strikes by Israel and the US on Iran, saying the UK did not believe in “regime change from the skies”. But the prime minister defended the use of UK bases for defensive action, saying that was “the best way to protect British interests and British lives”. Continue reading...

By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor