UK Opposition’s Finance Spokesman Attacks Trump’s Trade War

US President Donald Trump’s trade war is “unquestionably a step backwards and will leave everyone worse off,” the UK opposition’s finance spokesman plans to say in a speech on Monday.

Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor and Conservative MP, will also accuse Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which is leading in opinion polls, of being an apologist for the Trump administration despite the damaging US tariffs on UK goods.

Stride’s criticism of Trump’s policies is among the strongest to date among senior UK politicians and will renew questions about Farage’s close relationship with the US president, who last ...