3 h. ago Keir Starmer made Peter Mandelson ambassador BEFORE he was vetted by security services

Keir Starmer appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador without waiting for him to be vetted by the security services, MPs were told yesterday.

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6 h. ago UK hopes pomp and ceremony of Trump’s state visit will distract from tricky questions

Jeffrey Epstein affair will hang heavily over trip after Sir Keir Starmer’s sacking of Lord Peter Mandelson

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10 h. ago Mandelson not given security vetting before appointment as UK ambassador to US

Foreign secretary admits Labour peer was cleared as envoy without the involvement of her department

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10 h. ago Labour local government leader backs Starmer ‘without emerging alternative’

Sir Stephen Houghton said the Prime Minister is facing a dangerous public ‘mindset’ after weeks of Government turmoil.

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11 h. ago Mandelson ‘did not have national security vetting before he was appointed US ambassador’

Labour grandee was sacked by prime minister Keir Starmer after emails publication of emails which detailed his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

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11 h. ago Keir Starmer urged to kick Peter Mandelson out of Labour and apologise to Epstein victims

Labour grandee Dame Emily Thornberry questioned why 'red flags' had been missed as calls grow for Peter Mandelson to have the party whip withdrawn

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11 h. ago DAN HODGES: Peter Mandelson has nothing to lose... and knows where Keir Starmer's bodies are buried. The result could be explosive

Mandelson feels betrayed. Rightly or wrongly, he believes that if it wasn't for his New Labour 'Project' Keir Starmer wouldn't currently be sitting in Downing Street.

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15 h. ago PM should face ‘serious consequences’ if dishonest about Mandelson – Badenoch

The Foreign Office did not contribute to a due diligence process ahead of Lord Mandelson’s appointment, Yvette Cooper said.

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21 h. ago Keir Starmer to come under more pressure over Lord Mandelson amid Labour backbench anger

A three-hour emergency debate will be held in the Commons on Tuesday about the appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US

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28 h. ago MPs to ask fresh questions of Starmer’s judgment on Mandelson

A three-hour emergency debate will be held in the Commons on Tuesday about the appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US.

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29 h. ago Keir Starmer was told of investigation into Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein before backing him at PMQs

Sir Keir finally broke cover in an interview in which he insisted he would never have appointed the controversial peer as US ambassador if he had known the full truth about his friendship with Epstein.

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34 h. ago MI5 concedes it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from former BBC journalist

Revelation relating to then Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney, a ‘matter of grave concern’MI5 has conceded it “unlawfully” obtained the communications data of a former BBC journalist, in what was claimed to be an unprecedented admission from the security services.The BBC said it was a “matter of grave concern” that the agency had obtained communications data from the mobile phone of former BBC Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Starmer ‘angry’ after Mandelson sacking and insists he need not resign as PM

The Prime Minister sacked Lord Mandelson last week but has faced questions about his judgment in appointing the peer as US ambassador.

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37 h. ago Starmer breaks silence over Mandelson sacking: ‘Had I known what I know now, I’d have never appointed him’

The prime minister said the ‘nature and extent of the relationship’ between convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Lord Mandelson is ‘far different to what I’d understood to be the position at the point of appointment’

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37 h. ago Top Starmer aide resigns over explicit Diane Abbott messages in further blow to PM – UK politics live

Director of strategy Paul Ovenden quits to avoid becoming ‘distraction’ after details of derogatory emails emergeNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Starmer: I would not have appointed Mandelson ‘had I known then what I know now’

Sir Keir Starmer is battling a backlash over his handling of the appointment and sacking of Lord Mandelson.

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40 h. ago Conservative MP Danny Kruger says party is ‘over’ as he defects to Reform – UK politics live

Nigel Farage announces defection of MP for East Wiltshire and puts him in charge of preparing party for governmentNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform – UK politics live

Nigel Farage announces defection of MP for East Wiltshire and puts him in charge of preparing party for governmentNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Donald Trump’s UK state visit arrives at awkward moment after Mandelson exit

Sacking of Peter Mandelson over Epstein ties threatens to overshadow fanfare of US president’s two-day tripFor Donald Trump, the priority was to avoid any distractions. But as he arrives for his second state visit to the UK – an unprecedented honour for a US president – the crisis engulfing Keir Starmer’s government threatens to overshadow the proceedings.The circumstances of that crisis are especially awkward. Peter Mandelson was unceremoniously sacked as the UK’s ambassador to Washington on Thursday after emails were published in which he had urged his friend Jeffrey Epstein to fight for early release from prison in 2008. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Government to overturn Lords bid to weaken workers’ rights Bill

The Employment Rights Bill will bring in parental leave from the first day of employment and strengthen statutory sick pay.

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