Sir Keir Starmer is to convene an emergency Cobra meeting tomorrow as the ongoing conflict in Iran continues to put pressure on British households and national security.
The Prime Minister will be joined by senior ministers and security chiefs for the session — his third Iran-related Cobra meeting this month alone.
The gathering is expected to centre primarily on the domestic economic impact of the war, with disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz threatening to push household energy bills up by more than £300. Around a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strategically vital waterway, which has been effectively closed since hostilities began.
The meeting comes after Iran’s foreign minister warned that Starmer had placed British lives in danger by permitting the United States to use UK bases for operations targeting Iranian military sites. Earlier emergency Cobra sessions this month addressed both the security implications of British base involvement and the broader escalation of the conflict across the Gulf region.
No further details about the agenda have been confirmed ahead of tomorrow’s session.
