UK must prepare for prolonged Middle East conflict, Starmer says

LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that Britain must plan for the possibility that the Iran war could continue for some time, but added that he had no "meaningful concerns" about energy supply.

"All of our focus and energy has to be in the swift de-escalation, but we've got to plan on the basis that it could go on for some time, and that's the way in which we'll plan this afternoon," Starmer told a parliamentary committee, referring to an emergency meeting with his ministers taking place later on Monday.

He added that while the government had to plan for potential pressures on energy security, he said that the government does not have "any meaningful concerns about energy supplies.”