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PM defends use of UK bases for defensive action but says Britain has ‘learned the lessons from Iraq’ on need for ‘thought-through plan’

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Keir Starmer has said the UK will not join offensive strikes by Israel and the US on Iran, saying the UK does not believe in “regime change from the skies”.

But the prime minister defended the use of UK bases for defensive action, saying that was “the best way to protect British interests and British lives”.