8 d. ago The day Labour dragged politics into the gutter: Desperate Starmer accuses Farage of not liking Britain... triggering bitter war of words

The Prime Minister triggered a bitter war of words when he used his speech at the Labour Party conference to repeatedly attack the Reform UK leader,.

Politics

8 d. ago Fury as children are dragged out of lessons to join militant teaching union's free school meals campaign at Labour conference

The National Education Union (NEU) was criticised for using children to hand out leaflets to conference attendees as part of their 'No Child Left Behind' drive.

Society

3 w. ago ‘Prime minister Andy Burnham’ is not the answer to Labour’s woes

Editorial: Keir Starmer’s government may have broken the spirit of what it pledged in its winning election manifesto, but an alternative administration led by the soft-left mayor of Greater Manchester would represent a repudiation of it. The parliamentary party needs to calm down

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: The Mandelson affair now risks dragging Labour into its revenge era

As allies call the peer's dumping an 'extraordinary betrayal', the PM's reset is reeling before it has begun, says Julian Glover

Events

3 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer must escape the ‘chaos and confusion’ that brought down the Tories

Editorial: The sacking of Lord Mandelson has been another humiliation, and doubts about the prime minister’s leadership have begun to embolden his rivals – but the political battle is still far from lost

Events

3 w. ago Voices: ‘Error of judgement’: Starmer’s backing of Mandelson draws fury from Independent readers

Our community has criticised Starmer’s initial defence of Mandelson, questioning the prime minister’s judgement, and calling for accountability over the Epstein-linked scandal

Events

3 w. ago Voices: The fatal flaw that made ‘Air Miles Mandelson’ crash and burn

The combination of money and immorality in Peter Mandelson's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has created a stench for Starmer, writes Sean O’Grady. The question is how long it will hang around

Events

4 w. ago Voices: How Trump’s state visit could determine whether Mandelson survives

Calls for Keir Starmer to fire Peter Mandelson after the Epstein revelations are perfectly understandable, writes Simon Walters. But the US president’s impending state visit presents the prime minister with a diplomatic quandary of epic proportions

Politics

4 w. ago Voices: Starmer’s Mandelson nightmare gives Badenoch her first good PMQs

Keir Starmer was on the defensive over Peter Mandelson and the Conservative leader drove home her advantage, writes John Rentoul

Politics

4 w. ago Voices: Starmer is risking becoming mired in sleaze as he backs Mandelson over ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid all the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that the US ambassador helped the late paedophile broker a $1bn deal, when he was Labour’s business secretary, be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

Events

4 w. ago Voices: Starmer must ask Mandelson some serious questions about his ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that Peter Mandelson helped broker a $1bn deal for Epstein be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

Politics

4 w. ago Voices: Starmer must ask serious questions of Mandelson and ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that Lord Mandelson helped broker a $1bn deal for Epstein, be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

Politics