Senior minister brushes off Trump’s advice to use military to control UK borders

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Source: theguardian.com
Senior minister brushes off Trump’s advice to use military to control UK borders

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One of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has dismissed suggestions by Donald Trump that the British government call out the military to help deal with irregular migration.

Peter Kyle, the UK business secretary, brushed off the comments, which the US president made on Thursday at the end of his two-day state visit.

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