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OPINION - Peter Mandelson is our new US Ambassador — and this is why he's an icon for gay men

As the rumours began escalating yesterday about Peter Mandelson’s likely appointment as the next ambassador to the USA, I began thinking, as a gay man, about that special place of respect one must preternaturally keep for Mandy. Agree with him or disagree with him politically. That’s everyone’s prerogative. But personally,…

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Jeremy Corbyn calls on Foreign Office to say who minister met on Israel trip

JEREMY Corbyn has called on the Foreign Office to reveal which Israeli government representatives a minister met on a recent trip to the country ...

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Who is Toby Young? The new peer who considers devolved nations 'ungrateful'

TOBY Young, the founder and director of the Free Speech Union and an associate editor of The Spectator has been made a life peer soon to…

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Sue Gray: Partygate sleuth who became Starmer’s embattled chief of staff

She continued to feature in the headlines after taking on the party political job and eventually quit over fears she was ‘becoming a distraction’.

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Sue Gray among 38 new peers announced by the UK Government

The UK Government has announced new peerages, including former Downing Street chief of staff Sue Gray.

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'We have failed': Watch as Edinburgh councillor tears into Labour colleagues

A LABOUR councillor tore into her own party’s administration in Edinburgh insisting it had “failed” to deliver for the people of the city…

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Ian Murray faces questions over 'deleted' web page on Waspi compensation

SCOTTISH Secretary Ian Murray is facing questions over a missing page on his website that previously saw him calling for compensation for Waspi…

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'My integrity is worth more': Labour MPs blast Waspi move in leaked WhatsApps

LABOUR MPs have confronted Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall over angry WhatsApp messages after she opted to not give Waspi women any compensation.

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Peter Mandelson confirmed as new ambassador to US – as it happened

Downing Street confirms appointment, with Keir Starmer praising his ‘unrivalled experience’

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Lord Mandelson ‘good fit’ for ambassador to US, Cabinet minister says

Lord Mandelson is expected to be made the UK’s top diplomat in Washington in a political appointment as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

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Top Scottish civil servant backs ministers amid criticism of Nicola Sturgeon FOI case

SCOTLAND’S top civil servant has defended how SNP ministers handled a legal battle over the publication of evidence linked to an inquiry into…

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Labour expected to hand Lords seats to former MPs and Sue Gray

LABOUR are set to announce a raft of new peers, with seats in the House of Lords for MPs who lost their seats and Sue Gray reportedly on the agenda…

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Peter Mandelson to be appointed ambassador to Donald Trump's US, reports say

PETER Mandelson would be “a really good fit” for the job of ambassador to the US, a Labour Cabinet minister has said ...

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Word removed from council code of conduct after Greenock councillor raises concerns

CONCERNS raised by a campaigning Scottish councillor have led to a word being removed from rules which set out the expected behaviour of elected…

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Starmer should not be the fall guy for Labour’s failures. This disaster was written by committee

The PM’s allies on the right of the party are ideologically opposed to any economic agenda that could see off the threat from Reform, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Labour to get Lords boost as new peers set to be announced

Sue Gray could be among 30 new Labour peers appointed alongside a number of Conservatives.

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MPs trade jibes in Commons over handling of potentially explosive cargo ship

The heated exchange took place following a debate in which calls were made for a parliamentary inquiry into the case of the MV Ruby.

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Liaison committee day. This was Keir Time. He’d dreamed of it for most of his life

Being asked about what he has been doing is Starmer’s idea of fun. There’s nothing he likes more than going on and on about himself

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DUP moves to pull post-Brexit ‘Stormont Brake’ for first time

Gavin Robinson said the party was seeking to act over an EU regulation on chemical labelling.

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Keir Starmer: I wouldn't change a thing about my first five months in power

Sir Keir Starmer has said he would not do anything differently if given the chance to relive his first five months in power, despite the turmoil and…

The Guardian - UK

Have faith in Labour’s grownup government

Letters: Sarah Davidson says the government has a shot at solving profound generational challenges and Bryan Merton welcomes Polly Toynbee’s positive perspective. But Bernie Evans wants to see more action right now, and Philip Oliver urges Labour to keep voters engaged

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PM says he would not change a thing despite bruising first five months in power

Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged his Government had done ‘tough stuff’ since coming to office in July.

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'Come clean': UK Government refuses to say who Labour minister met on Israel trip

THE Labour Government has been urged to “come clean” after refusing to say which Israeli government representatives a minister met on a recent…

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Labour's Jackie Baillie pans UK Government for 'wrong' Waspi decision

SCOTTISH Labour’s depute leader Jackie Baillie has said she is “very disappointed” with the UK Government’s decision not to compensate Waspi…

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Fact check: Local elections could be postponed as councils are restructured

Proposed local government reform could lead to councils merging into larger organisations, and local elections might be postponed in the meanwhile.

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