Lammy brings diplomats back home to boost growth and tackle Trump's tariffs

David Lammy has brought a team of Britain's elite diplomats home in a bid to finally kickstart economic growth and combat

- DAVID MADDOX

Foreign secretary David Lammy has invited senior ambassadors and high commissioners back to the UK to take part in a business roadshow (Reuters. the global impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Senior ambassadors and high commissioners have come back to the UK to take part in a roadshow around the country to encourage businesses to export more and link up with the countries they are posted in.

The move comes as the E-Commerce Trade Commission recently reported that 70,000 businesses in Britain which are ready to export are still not exporting. The commission estimated that £7bn of growth could be unlocked in the economy if UK businesses fulfil their potential by linking up with foreign markets.

With economic growth in the UK at a mere 0.7 per cent for the first quarter and concerns that a failure to hit its potential has left an unwelcome £18bn hole in chancellor Rachel Reeves’s budget, the government is desperate to use all its resources to turn things around.