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‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting

6h ago

UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

10h ago

Top Cabinet Office official to give evidence to MPs about Peter Mandelson’s vetting – UK politics live

16h ago

Rise of the ‘ghost owners’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper records

17h ago

Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood constituents over longer wait to settle

20h ago

Ministers speak out in cabinet meeting over Keir Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins

Wed

No evidence of antisemitism at Bristol school that postponed visit by Jewish MP, review finds

Wed

Taxes on UK workers have risen at fastest rate in rich world, says OECD

Wed

Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, to be questioned by MPs

Wed

Starmer to face MPs for first time since Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live

Wed

Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament

Wed

Temporary accommodation linked to deaths of 104 children in England in six years

Wed

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer

Tue

Shabana Mahmood swears at ‘white liberal’ hecklers over Reform remarks

Tue

Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy

Tue

Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post

Tue

Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’

Tue

Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to face MPs’ questions over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live

Tue

Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting

Mon

Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans

Mon

How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

Mon

What Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga

Mon

Starmer tells MPs Foreign Office has been stripped of power to overrule vetting

Mon

Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims

Mon

Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez blocked from entering UK for far-right rally

Mon

Starmer to admit he inadvertently gave MPs misleading information on Mandelson

Mon

Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson

Mon

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

Mon

Naming Mandelson as ambassador before vetting was mistake, minister says

Mon

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

Mon

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock

Mon

Judgment day as Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal

Sun

Starmer is facing his judgment day over Mandelson missteps

Sun

Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee

Sun

Ministers rally around Keir Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live

Sun

MoD has lost track of veterans on recall list, says defence adviser

Sun

Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy

Sat

Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

Sat

Pressure on Starmer grows over Mandelson vetting despite ousting of Foreign Office official – UK politics live

Sat

Green MP: Labour caricatures working-class people over greyhound racing

Sat

Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants

Fri

Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?

Fri

Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer?

Fri

Olly Robbins is just the latest: a guide to the high-profile exits under Starmer’s tenure

Fri

Retired high court judge to review Peter Mandelson’s vetting process

Fri

Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

Fri

Pressure on Starmer amid Mandelson revelations as Foreign Office official forced out – UK politics live

Fri

Starmer tells social media firms in No 10 meeting ‘things can’t go on like this’

Thu

Contingency plans in place for possible food shortages if Iran war continues, minister confirms – UK politics live

Thu

Boosting military spending by slashing welfare is not the answer, senior Labour figures warn Reeves

Apr 15

Wales’s first minister calls on Keir Starmer to halt US-UK space defence project

Apr 15

Starmer rejects accusation Labour is ‘complacent’ on defence funding

Apr 15

Scottish Labour leader calls claim he tried to do Reform deal a ‘desperate lie’

Apr 15

UK’s largest housebuilder to buy less land, in blow to Labour’s homes target

Apr 15

Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

Apr 15

Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’

Apr 14

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved from hotels to army barracks, Home Office announces

Apr 14

Government sets aside extra £1bn for victims of UK’s infected blood scandal

Apr 14

Group of Labour MPs proposes new policies to beat rightwing populism

Apr 14

UK’s armed forces are in a sad state – and they have only themselves to blame

Apr 14

Hegseth right to mock Royal Navy, says ex-army chief as he backs claims over military underfunding – UK politics live

Apr 14

Tuesday briefing: What needs to be done to tackle child poverty in the UK

Apr 14

Starmer’s ‘corrosive complacency’ on defence has put UK in peril, says ex-Nato chief

Apr 13

Chagos Islands treaty is now ‘impossible to agree at political level’, UK minister says

Apr 13

Mahmood’s migration changes will deliver fraction of claimed savings, data suggests

Apr 13

Founder of Starmer’s legal chambers condemns Labour plans to cut jury trials

Apr 13

Anas Sarwar asks voters in Scotland to give Labour five years to ‘fix SNP’s mess’

Apr 13

Starmer confirms UK will not support US blockade of strait of Hormuz – UK politics live

Apr 13

Government shift on intelligence evidence could revive delayed Hillsborough law

Apr 13

Britain could adopt single market rules without MPs’ vote as part of UK-EU reset

Apr 12

Votes for populist parties in May elections will put NHS at risk, Streeting says

Apr 12

Wes Streeting attacks Trump’s ‘outrageous’ Iran war rhetoric

Apr 12

Tories would reinstate two-child benefit cap to fund defence, says Badenoch

Apr 11

Remaining in Nato is in best interests of US, says Keir Starmer

Apr 10

Not just about Gaza: the Muslim voters turning from Labour to the Greens

Apr 10

Starmer says he’s ‘fed up’ with Trump and Putin’s actions pushing up energy bills for Britons – UK politics live

Apr 10

Iran cannot ‘hijack’ strait of Hormuz with shipping tolls, says Yvette Cooper – UK politics live

Apr 9