UK must prepare for prolonged Middle East conflict, Starmer says

LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - ​British ⁠Prime Minister Keir Starmer ​said on Monday that Britain must ​plan ‌for the possibility that the Iran ⁠war could continue for ⁠some time, ​but added that he had no "meaningful concerns" about energy supply.

"All of our ​focus ‌and energy has to be in the swift de-escalation, but we've got to plan ​on the basis that it ‌could go on for some time, and that's the ‌way in which we'll plan this afternoon," Starmer told a parliamentary committee, ​referring to an emergency meeting with his ‌ministers taking place later on Monday.

He added that while the government had ⁠to ⁠plan for potential pressures ‌on energy security, he said that the ​government ​does not have "any meaningful ‌concerns about energy supplies.” (Reporting by Muvija M, writing by Sam Tabahriti; Editing by Kate Holton)