PM claims love for country (8)
I believe the answer is:
cameroon
'for country' is the definition.
(Cameroon is an example)
'pm claims love' is the wordplay.
'pm' becomes 'cameron' (David Cameron, former UK prime minister).
'claims' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'cameron' placed around 'o' is 'CAMEROON'.
(Other definitions for cameroon that I've seen before include "Country bordering Nigeria" , "Can Romeo go to the West African state?" , "West African republic" , "Moore can be found out west in Africa" , "O no, cream turns in Africa" .)