11 h. ago Two Scots MPs promoted by Starmer last week 'in Peter Mandelson's inner circle'

Imogen Walker – wife of PM's under-fire chief of staff Morgan McSweeney – was made an influential Commons whip along with colleague Gregor Poynton.

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35 h. ago Starmer needs to get a grip now as MPs left 'despondent' after Lord Mandelson firing

Record View says Starmer is an honest leader but his MPs are demanding his top team up their game – and we agree.

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40 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Starmer pledged to 'end the chaos'. So how's that going?

He lost his deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and his ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson to separate scandals within a week, and his own MPs are openly questioning his judgment.

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44 h. ago Keir Starmer warned ‘time running out’ to repair faltering leadership

After disastrous week, some MPs predict challenge against PM likely if local and Welsh elections go badly next MayKeir Starmer has been warned that time is running out to repair his faltering leadership, with Labour MPs beginning to ask whether he could be challenged as prime minister.After a disastrous week in which Angela Rayner resigned and Peter Mandelson was sacked as ambassador to Washington, a number of MPs said a challenge was likely if local and Welsh elections went badly next May. Some said the one thing now protecting Starmer was the lack of an agreed replacement. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book is a horrifying document | Moira Donegan

Conspiracy theorists wonder about what Epstein and his powerful friends may have done to cover up his crimes. But they barely were covered upJeffrey Epstein had a lot of friends. When his girlfriend-cum-assistant and convicted fellow sex trafficker, Ghislane Maxwell, set out to compile letters, drawings and well wishes from friends in celebration of the pedophile financier’s 50th birthday in 2003, the resulting scrapbook was 238 pages long. The book, titled The First 50 Years, included letters from prominent well-wishers such as former president Bill Clinton and the Bear Stearns executives James Cayne and Alan Greenberg, as well as from the late Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling scout and Epstein’s fellow pedophilic rapist.The lawyer and longtime Epstein friend Alan Dershowitz contributed a mock cover of the magazine Vanity Fair, which was working on a profile of Epstein at the time; Peter Mandelson, until this week the UK ambassador to the United States, wrote that Epstein was “my...

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4 d. ago Scotland could miss out on ‘generational opportunity’ for space launch – MPs

The UK Government has been urged to go ‘further and faster’ in supporting the space industry.

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5 d. ago Ian Murray and Douglas Alexander to do 'show of unity' days after brutal sacking

EXCLUSIVE: The pair are expected to address a meeting of Scottish Labour MPs today.

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5 d. ago Crisis? What crisis? Starmer has a delivery plan – so chill out | John Crace

The prime minister’s new chief secretary has been out and about trying to calm the storm after Angela Rayner’s exitDon’t Panic! Don’t Panic! Over the weekend the newly promoted Darren Jones, Keir Starmer’s very own Keir Starmer tribute act, was out and about on the airwaves trying to convince everyone – himself included – that the government was not in crisis.What do you mean, chaos, he said time and again as the questions kept on coming. Each time sounding slightly more chippy. He’s not a man who takes kindly to even a hint of mockery. Darren takes Darren extremely seriously. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Peter Andre 'sad' as kids are 'split up' but there's a twist

Father of five Peter Andre has had an emotional week at home with his family, as he reveals why a major change has been 'bittersweet' for him and his wife Emily MacDonagh

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer reshuffles Cabinet after Angela Rayner quits over tax error

Keir Starmer promoted Shabana Mahmood to Home Secretary as he shuffled his pack, making David Lammy deputy PM and moving Yvette Cooper to head the Foreign Office

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3 w. ago Katie Price strikes back at her exes claiming they're 'obsessed' after 'difficult' week

Katie Price has criticised her ex-partners for being "obsessed" with her in the wake of her public feuds with both Peter Andre and Alex Reid, which came to a head this week

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3 w. ago The 'real reason' Junior Andre has stayed silent on his parents' 'embarrassing' feud as pals claim 'he has no time for his mum Katie Price'

The rapper, 20, has been noticeably absent from the discussion after tensions between his parents boiled over last week, with Peter sharing a bombshell statement accusing of ex-of 'peddling baseless lies.'

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Britain’s AI strategy: the risk is that it is dependency dressed up in digital hype | Editorial

The UK’s plans seem to outsource sovereignty for phantom efficiency. Public services provide the data and power while US tech giants reap the rewardsThere was a time when Britain aspired to be a leader in technology. These days, it seems content to be a willing supplicant – handing over its data, infrastructure and public services to US tech giants in exchange for the promise of a few percentage points of efficiency gains. Worryingly, the artificial intelligence strategy of Sir Keir Starmer’s government appears long on rhetoric, short on sovereignty and built on techno-utopian assumptions. Last week Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, was promoting the use of AI-generated discharge letters in the NHS. The tech, he said, will process complex conversations between doctors and patients, slashing paperwork and streamlining services. Ministers say that by applying AI across the public sector, the government can save £45bn.But step back and a more familiar pattern emerges. As Cecil...

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4 w. ago Peter Andre 'broken over Katie Price lies' but fightback is just 'tip of iceberg'

Peter Andre issued a strongly worded statement last week after years of staying silent on his co-parenting with ex-wife Katie Price - and a source has warned it's just the start of things to come

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last month Scottish MPs blast Nigel Farage 'hypocrisy' after he requests Reform seats in Lords

The Reform leader has previously called for the abolition of the Lords.

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