Starmer dodges grilling over Mandelson sacking as MPs set to quiz government over scandal: UK politics live
Parliament will hold a three-hour emergency debate on Tuesday to grill the government on the hiring of Lord Peter Mandelson
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Parliament will hold a three-hour emergency debate on Tuesday to grill the government on the hiring of Lord Peter Mandelson
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Mr Trump has been invited for historic second state visit to UK involving ceremonial welcome and state banquet
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Paul Ovenden resigns from director of strategy role after ‘unacceptable’ messages sent in 2017 uncovered
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The Reform UK leader was accused of ‘vile homophobia’ after claiming that heterosexual relationships ‘last the longest’
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Prue Leith’s son Danny Kruger, who was shadow work and pensions minister, says the Conservatives ‘are over’
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The Commons Business and Trade Committee also urged the government to seal a deal on aluminium and pharmaceuticals
James Roscoe has taken over from Lord Mandelson as interim ambassador while Downing Street finds a replacement.
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The Reform leader faces accusations of hypocrisy after he criticised Angela Rayner for avoiding paying stamp duty
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Peter Mandelson’s career has been defined by comebacks, but his fall from grace over Epstein may mark the end of the road for the Labour grandee
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Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesperson says the PM found the emails exchanged between Lord Peter Mandelson and the late, convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to be ‘reprehensible’
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Keir Starmer initially said he maintained confidence in Mandelson – but has faced mounting pressure to sack the ambassador
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Attorney general Richard Hermer said Britain would be left in ‘splendid isolation’ with Russia and Belarus if it left the ECHR
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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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