MPs would get vote on troop deployment to Ukraine, says Keir Starmer

<p>UK and France ready to send peacekeeping troops, PM tells House of Commons</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jan/07/pmqs-live-uk-politics-latest-news-keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-labour-nigel-farage">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>MPs will have a debate and vote before any UK troops are deployed on peacekeeping duties in Ukraine, Keir Starmer has announced at prime minister’s questions.</p><p>Speaking after Britain and France <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/uk-france-ready-to-deploy-troops-to-ukraine-after-ceasefire">said they would be willing</a> to send troops if there was a peace deal, following discussions at a wider summit in Paris, Starmer was pressed by Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, as to why he was not making a full Commons statement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/07/mps-would-get-vote-on-troop-deployment-to-ukraine-says-keir-starmer">Continue reading...</a>