What would a Trump or Harris win mean for relations with the UK?

Security and defence will be difficult areas if the Republicans triumph but neither candidate seems keen on a trade deal with Britain

Early on Wednesday morning the results will start to trickle in from the most consequential US presidential election in a generation.

The result will set the path for the US's relationship with a UK led by its first Labour government in 14 years. Keir Starmer and his team have sought to prepare themselves for either eventuality: a Kamala Harris victory, with its easier, more predictable consequences, or a second Donald Trump administration and the volatility that would bring.