Ed Miliband says the Government is committed to nurturing the UK’s strong alliance with the USReopening the Strait of Hormuz is “essential to ease cost-of-living pressures on British families”, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said as he headed to Washington to hold talks with his US counterpart Marco Rubio. The White House was also reported to be concerned about Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s decision to hand Mr Miliband the Foreign Office brief. Last month, Washington’s top diplomat in London Warren Stephens said Mr Miliband had been “wrong” in 2016 to call Mr Trump “a racist, misogynistic self-confessed groper” and that “hopefully his views have changed”. The US ambassador also pledged to work with Mr Miliband in his new role, despite their disagreement on green issues. (PA Graphics/Press Association Images)Before his talks with Mr Rubio, Mr Miliband said: “The Government is committed to nurturing our strong, enduring and essential alliance with the US.