No 10 believes it has done its homework for a Trump presidency

Keir Starmer's team expected a Trump win and has long been building bridges despite political differences

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While Kemi Badenoch was the first politician since the US presidential election result to publicly challenge Keir Starmer over Labour's previously tense relationship with Donald Trump, she is unlikely to be the last.

Yet the UK prime minister, according to government sources, is less anxious about the return of the divisive populist to the White House than the new Tory leader, and many in his own party, might have assumed.