{"id":4606,"date":"2026-04-01T07:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4606"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:33:50","slug":"starmer-to-address-nation-today-on-middle-east-following-trumps-latest-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4606","title":{"rendered":"Starmer to address nation today on Middle East following Trump\u2019s latest blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Starmer to hold Downing Street briefing at 10\u202fam<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will deliver a news conference from Downing Street at 10 am, giving an update on the situation in the Middle East and the UK&#8217;s response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Starmer is expected to discuss how the government is supporting families at home with the cost of living, according to Sky News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>A series of support measures kicks in today, including a higher minimum wage and benefits increases, as well as frozen energy, prescription, and rail costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>However, since these policies were unveiled in last November\u2019s budget, the Prime Minister is likely to face questions on what further steps he is taking as energy prices continue to soar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Starmer\u2019s address will take place just hours after Donald Trump launched another attack, criticising him for refusing to join the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Trump told the UK to &#8220;go get your own oil,&#8221; referring to the ongoing effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for much of the world\u2019s oil supply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Starmer #address #nation #today #Middle #East #Trumps #latest #blast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer to hold Downing Street briefing at 10\u202fam Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will deliver a news conference from Downing Street at 10 am, giving an update on the situation in the Middle East and the UK&#8217;s response. Starmer is expected to discuss how the government is supporting families at home with the cost of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[218,4736,3779,613,2434,3778,1521,898,4351,82,192],"class_list":{"0":"post-4606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-address","9":"tag-blast","10":"tag-east","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-latest","13":"tag-middle","14":"tag-nation","15":"tag-starmer","16":"tag-today","17":"tag-trump","18":"tag-trumps"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}