UK PM Starmer to chair Cobra meeting on economic impact of Iran war

(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee on Tuesday, as he warned the impact of the Iran war could continue "for some time".

The UK prime minister will convene the emergency committee with representatives from the Bank of England to discuss the war's economic impact in the shadow of rising oil prices.

He told the Usdaw union's conference in Lancashire on Monday that he had called the meeting "so you can be sure we will stand by working people in this crisis".

Starmer said: "I have to level with you about Iran. The truth is the economic consequences could still be with us for some time.

"You don't need to be a politician to know that, you can see it on every petrol forecourt across the country."

By Christopher McKeon and David Hughes, Press Association Political Staff

Press Association: News

source: PA

Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.