20 m. ago Peter Mandelson sacked by Keir Starmer over ‘reprehensible’ emails to Epstein: Latest updates

James Roscoe has taken over from Lord Mandelson as interim ambassador while Downing Street finds a replacement.

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81 m. ago Labour ‘unprepared’ for the ‘state’ of its inheritance, new Commons Leader says

Conservative shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman described Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership as being like an ‘unending episode of The Office’.

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3 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked by Keir Starmer after revelations over Epstein ties: Latest updates

Sir Keir Starmer had faced overwhelming pressure from his own party to force Lord Peter Mandelson to step down

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3 h. ago 'I left UK for Dubai but had to return after realising major problem'

A YouTuber had moved to Dubai for two years after initially being attracted to the city by the tax benefits in comparison to Britain, but was put off by one aspect of life there

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer sacks Lord Mandelson as ambassador to US over Epstein friendship

The New Labour grandee has been withdrawn over emails showing the depth of his relationship with the convicted paedophile.

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3 h. ago Welsh council leader steps down criticising Labour's direction under Keir Starmer

Sean Morgan said his "moral standing" prevented him being "aligned with the Labour Party any longer"

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4 h. ago Family flees Britain for life in Malaysia after soaring crime rates under Starmer and Labour caused parents to ban their children from playing outside

Kayleigh Hall, 37, and husband Kev Hall, 41, upped sticks from the town of Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, with their three children (pictured, with their parents) in March - and do not plan to return.

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5 h. ago Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for help vetting an Israeli adviser

Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for help as he vetted an adviser claiming to have worked for the Israeli former prime minister

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5 h. ago A year ago a council closed notorious caravan park: Now crime rates have plummeted

Bolton council said 'we cannot put a price on the safety of the public'

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5 h. ago Pressure mounts on Mandelson over ‘sickening’ links to Epstein

A Government minister said emails between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein made him ‘shudder’.

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6 h. ago Minister 'shudders' at Peter Mandelson email to Jeffrey Epstein as pressure mounts on PM

Home Office minister Mike Tapp said hearing an email from Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein made him 'shudder' as Keir Starmer faces a growing Labour rebellion

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7 h. ago UK politics live: Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges as Starmer faces growing backlash

Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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13 h. ago Downing Street 'ignored warnings about Peter Mandelson's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein when Labour grandee was made ambassador'

The senior Labour peer Maurice Glasman privately warned Keir Starmer 's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney against the appointment in January.

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14 h. ago Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges as Starmer faces growing backlash: UK politics live

Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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14 h. ago Violent crime plunges 13% in London as capital's homicide rate less than Paris, Berlin and Copenhagen

Despite there being ‘tens of thousands of fewer victims,’ Mayor of London Sadiq Khan acknowledged that ‘one death and one crime will always be too many’

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15 h. ago Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after charges as Starmer faces growing backlash: UK politics live

Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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18 h. ago Mandelson fights to stay as UK ambassador amid new Epstein revelations

Tories urge Sir Keir Starmer to remove the Labour peer from his role as envoy to Washington

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18 h. ago Mandelson fights to stay as UK envoy to the US amid new Epstein revelations

Tories urge Sir Keir Starmer to remove the Labour peer from his post

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18 h. ago Mandelson fights to remain UK envoy to US amid Epstein revelations

Tories urge Keir Starmer to remove Labour peer from his post

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19 h. ago Keir Starmer ally Bridget Phillipson sails through to next stage of Labour deputy leadership race as field slims to five after fellow minister drops out

The Education Secretary, who is being viewed as No10's de facto candidate, has now been nominated by 116 MPs in the battle to become Labour's number two.

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