On July 21, the Financial Times reported that two senior British officials revealed that the British government led by Starmer is seeking to resolve the conflict with the Trump administration over Apple’s “backdoor order.” Both officials said the Home Office may have to make concessions in the face of pressure from senior officials in Washington, including US Vice President Vance.In January this year, the British Home Office ordered Apple to open its most secure cloud storage system and provide it with access to customer data.
UK asks Apple to build security backdoor
"The Vice President of the United States is very angry about this matter and it must be resolved as soon as possible. The British Home Office basically has no choice but to make concessions." An official from the British Ministry of Science and Technology said.
The two officials said Britain forcing Apple to break its end-to-end encryption system, an issue that has been raised repeatedly by senior Trump administration officials, could hinder Britain's technology cooperation agreement with the United States. "One of the challenges facing the technical cooperation we are advancing is the encryption issue. In the United States, this is an uncrossable red line and they do not want us to interfere with their technology companies," the first official said.
Another senior British official added that the British Home Office has handled Apple's encryption issue very poorly and is now in a "dilemma." "This is a problem created by the Home Office itself, and they are now trying to solve it."
As of press time, Apple has not commented on this."We have never designed a backdoor or master key for any product and will never do so," the company said in February.