{"id":530947,"date":"2026-04-14T20:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/530947\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:54:08","slug":"u-k-s-top-economic-official-berates-trump-for-entering-iran-war-without-clear-exit-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/530947\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K.&#8217;s Top Economic Official Berates Trump for Entering Iran War Without &#8216;Clear Exit Plan&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cAll the way through this conflict, we [the U.K.] have said \u2018deescalate, deescalate,\u2019\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Reeves lamented the global economic impact of the Iran war and how it\u2019s placing strain on U.K. families, while supporting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for refusing to get actively involved in the conflict, despite Trump\u2019s criticisms.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">&#8220;It was absolutely the right decision for Keir Starmer to keep us out of this conflict,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Reeves made the remarks en route to Washington, D.C., where she is set to attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.imf.org\/en\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spring meetings<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">The U.K. official is planning to use the meeting of global financial policymakers to \u201cset out her plan to navigate the global crisis\u201d and pitch Britain to high-earners in the Gulf as a \u201crare safe haven\u201d for investors amid the instability of the Iran war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cThe Iran conflict must be a line in the sand on how we deal with global crisis and instability,\u201d said Reeves in a statement shared with TIME.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAll the way through this conflict, we [the U.K.] have said \u2018deescalate, deescalate,\u2019\u201d she added. 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