Watch the statement in full as The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognise Palestine as a state by September's UN general assembly meeting, unless Israel takes significant steps to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and end the drawn out conflict.
Speaking on Tuesday afternoon, the prime minister said: "The suffering must end.
"I've always said that we will recognise a Palestinian state as a contribution to a proper peace process at the moment of maximum impact for the two state solution.
"With that solution now under threat, this is the moment to act."
Experts have warned the amount of aid reaching the people of Gaza is a miniscule amount compared to what is needed to alleviate the humanitarian crisis.
Starmer said he discussed this with President Trump, adding the UK was "mounting a major effort to get humanitarian supplies back in.
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