3 h. ago Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses nation after mass Tommy Robinson 'flag' protest

Sir Keir Starmer said "we will not surrender our flag to those who use it as a symbol of violence, fear and division."

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6 h. ago Why Keir Starmer cannot survive as prime minister without this man

Many people in Labour want Morgan McSweeney sacked as Downing Street chief of staff but there are doubts Keir Starmer would survive as PM without him, writes David Maddox

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8 h. ago Mandelson deemed ‘worth the risk’ after checks, Cabinet minister says

The Labour grandee was sacked from his post on Thursday morning.

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22 h. ago London protests LIVE: Arrests after 26 police officers injured during Tommy Robinson mass rally

Right-wing activist Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom protest is taking place at the same time as a Stand Up to Racism counter-march

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27 h. ago Voices: Who seriously thinks the government’s problems would be solved by a change of PM?

The answer appears to be: a growing number of Labour MPs – and it shows how bad things are that it is being talked about already, says John Rentoul

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30 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should Keir Starmer be ousted as Prime Minister?

As a disastrous week for the Labour Party ends with further unrest on the horizon, you can vote in the Daily's Mail's poll on whether Sir Keir should be ousted from Downing Street.

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31 h. ago Badenoch accuses Starmer of lying over what he knew when about Mandelson emails

The Conservative Party leader said Sir Keir Starmer has ‘very serious questions to answer’.

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34 h. ago Is Andy Burnham preparing to challenge Keir Starmer? Sitting MP 'is ready to stand down to let Manchester mayor back into Parliament so he can fight to oust PM'

Speculation is building around Andy Burnham as pressure on Sir Keir rises following the departure of former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and US ambassador Lord Mandelson.

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34 h. ago Officials were aware of Mandelson emails to Epstein before Starmer defended him

The Prime Minister is understood not to have been aware of the contents of the emails until Wednesday evening.

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37 h. ago Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister

With his government mired in scandal, an operation to dethrone Starmer is now under wayThere has been a joke going around Labour MPs over the past week about three envelopes in Soviet Russia. “Whenever you run into trouble, open them in order,” the instructions go. Envelope one says: “Blame your predecessor.” So he does – and it works. The party officials are satisfied. A year later, problems arise again. He opens envelope two. It says: “Restructure the organisation.”He does a big reshuffle, changes some titles, and again buys himself some time. Finally, another crisis comes. He opens envelope three. It says: “Prepare three envelopes.” Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Keir Starmer backed Lord Mandelson during PMQs 'despite No10 being aware of his emails to Jeffrey Epstein'

Lord Mandelson then backed by Sir Keir at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday before he was dramatically sacked on Thursday as Britain's ambassador to the US.

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51 h. ago Starmer not ‘up to the job’, Labour MP says after Mandelson scandal

Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, said there was a ‘very dangerous atmosphere’ in the parliamentary Labour party.

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58 h. ago PM would not have appointed Mandelson if he had known ‘extent of Epstein link’

Lord Mandelson was sacked as Britain’s ambassador to the US on Thursday.

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67 h. ago Starmer under scrutiny as Mandelson ‘admitted long ties with Epstein in vetting’

Questions are swirling about the Prime Minister’s political judgment after he sacked the peer a day after defending him.

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69 h. ago Mother of woman killed by boyfriend tells Starmer justice system is ‘broken’

Linda Westcarr sent a letter to the Prime Minister calling for an urgent meeting after her daughter’s killer was handed a hospital order.

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3 d. ago Phillipson faces Powell in final stage of Labour deputy leader race

Contest to replace Angela Rayner is an unwelcome distraction for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

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3 d. ago UK's Starmer fires Britain's ambassador to the US over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired the U

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3 d. ago Peter Mandelson facing sacking calls by SNP over links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

SNP Westminster chief Stepen Flynn demanded Prime Minister Keir Starmer sack Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US.

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer backs Lord Mandelson as British ambassador after Jeffrey Epstein revelations

At Prime Minister's Questions today, Kemi Badenoch pressed Sir Keir on whether Lord Mandelson was the right man to hold the senior diplomat job

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4 d. ago Starmer has ‘confidence’ in Mandelson despite Epstein birthday message

The British ambassador to the US said he ‘never saw the wrongdoing’ or evidence of Epstein’s criminal activity.

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