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Editorial: The first mistake was appointing the peer despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The next would be claiming his security risks were properly managed

Group of MPs and peers in effect accuse government of failing to comply with parliament’s will over release of files

From Independent RSS Feed: More Mandelson files ‘set to be released next week’ in yet another blow to Starmer

Peter Mandelson: The UK’s Prince of Darkness Takes A Fall In recent weeks, the news in Britain has been all about the Mandelson Affair. At one point it seemed it might even force Prime Minister …

In The Room hosts and former Whitehall insiders Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson answer your questions on local elections, Keir Starmer’s future, the Mandelson files, civil service drama, and whether Nigel Farage could really be our next prime minister

The Mandelson affair has become less about Peter Mandelson’s alleged wrongdoing, and all about Keir Starmer’s ability to run the country. This week Olly Robbins, former chief civil servant at the Fore

From Independent RSS Feed: Starmer’s leadership in doubt as Labour faces local elections wipeout

From The Guardian: Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections

Tom McTague’s Cover Story articulates a damning array of evidence and criticism, levelled at the Prime Minister and others. The question is: what next? There are several reasons for delay on the part

From Independent RSS Feed: Starmer latest: PM could bring Rayner back into Cabinet to avoid Labour leadership challenge

The members of the Nursery Oversight Committee are now clear that it would in retrospect have been possible to make a better decision than appointing the primordial titan, Kronos, to run the Baby Room

From Independent RSS Feed: Starmer-Mandelson latest: PM survives major Labour rebellion as MPs reject sleaze inquiry

I have a soft spot for gingers. As a left-winger, I root for the underdog. Morgan McSweeney must be relieved that the rumours that he used the "f" word to rush Foreign Office officials into vetting Pe

Morgan McSweeney, the former chief of staff to the Prime Minister, has just finished speaking at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. He was grilled for over two hours about the decision to appoint P

In written evidence yesterday evening, the former head of security at the Foreign Office, Ian Collard, concurred with Olly Robbins about pressure from No 10 to approve Mandelson and corroborated the r

From Theguardian RSS Feed: Morgan McSweeney does no lasting damage to Starmer in grilling by Emily Thornberry | John Crace

Bereft of any big ideas, or indeed policies, the PM is in his happy place: a never-ending parliamentary procedural process, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Editorial: The prime minister’s account is not false, but it seems partial. The omissions raise serious questions about his judgment and parliamentary accountability

No 10 deploys full weight to block parliamentary inquiry bid as MPs warn PM running out of political capital

No 10 has expended considerable political capital in keeping Labour MPs onside over the Mandelson vetting row.