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Judgement day for Starmer over Mandelson vetting scandal

Prime minister faces a Commons grilling from MPs on Monday before Olly Robbins – sacked by Starmer on Thursday over the vetting scandal – gives his version of events on Tuesday

The Independent UK

The questions about Peter Mandelson that Keir Starmer must answer

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: When the prime minister addresses parliament on Monday, he must for once take personal responsibility for the government’s failings

The Independent UK

No way Lammy wasn’t told Mandelson failed vetting, says James Cleverly

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No way Lammy wasn’t told Mandelson failed vetting, says former foreign secretary

Exclusive: In an interview with The Independent, former foreign secretary James Cleverly sets out the reasons why ministers must have known Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting

The Independent UK

Tories vow to ‘end nonsense’ of four-day working week for council staff

Sir James Cleverly said “taxpayers should not be paying full rates for part-time services”

The Independent UK

Mansion tax could hit 165,000 homes in first year, Budget watchdog predicts

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated 165,000 properties will be affected in the policy’s first year, rising to 167,000 in 2030

The Independent UK

Tories urge Sebastian Coe to run for London mayor as poll shows he could beat Sadiq Khan

Polling suggests the former Olympic champion could be the best chance the Conservatives have to defeat Labour and launch a London revival

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James Cleverly says he disagrees with Nick Timothy about Islamic public prayer

Shadow justice secretary had called Trafalgar Square event an ‘act of domination’

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch channels her fantasies as she launches the Tories’ local election campaign

This wasn’t just a mean-spirited version of Britain, it was also positively deranged

The Guardian - UK

Voting age could be reduced under new reforms because ‘young people are the future’

Under the proposals, people aged 16 and above will have the right to vote in national elections for the first time

The Independent UK

Manston asylum centre was ‘overcrowded, squalid and insanitary’, inquiry hears

Extent to which conditions deteriorated at Kent detention centre in 2022 is being investigated in public hearing

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian citizen of Israel wins UK asylum over ‘well-founded fear of persecution’

Exclusive: Refugee status granted despite attempt by former home secretary James Cleverly to block 26-year-old’s claim

The Guardian - UK

London in grip of worst new homes crisis since Second World War, warns damning new report

The housing shortage is leaving many Londoners having to pay sky-high rents or take out big mortgages to buy a property

Evening Standard

Local elections face further delays as councils struggle to reorganise in time

Opposition parties say Labour is ‘scared of voters’ but government says merging authorities have voiced concerns

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Rachel Reeves ‘right’ about misogyny in politics, says James Cleverly

Rachel Reeves is “right” about misogyny in politics, James Cleverly said while discussing the “abuse” he has seen his female colleagues endure.

Evening Standard

Cleverly distances himself from Hollinrake’s Reform UK jibe

A Tory split has opened up after Kevin Hollinrake appeared to liken the Reform UK logo to a Nazi badge.

The Guardian - UK

Miscounting to six costs Tory stand-in his gotcha against poppy-shock Lammy

Plucked from obscurity, James Cartlidge messed up his maths while his opposite number had forgotten his politics 101

The Guardian - UK

Tory patience wears thin as Badenoch’s critics count down to May elections

With the party adrift and Reform surging, Jenrick’s allies are sharpening their pitch for a post-election reset

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The Guardian - UK

Inquiry into conditions at Manston asylum centre has stalled, critics say

Lawyers acting for some of those unlawfully detained in appalling conditions at site in 2022 call for end to delays

The Guardian - UK

Defence lawyers would have used Tories’ statements to dismiss China spy case, attorney general says

Richard Hermer says failure by Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly to describe China as a threat would have been seized on in trial

Evening Standard

Legally binding standards to be placed on military homes under renting reforms

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the Renters’ Rights Bill will ensure military families have the homes they deserve.

The Guardian - UK

Kemi brings a shovel to a gunfight, and Starmer lets her dig her own hole

After a humiliating performance earlier this week, the Tory leader continues to declare war on logic, evidence and self-awareness

Evening Standard

Starmer vows to publish China spy evidence showing 'Tories behind case collapse' in tense PMQs standoff

The Prime Minister said he intends to release the witness statements prepared by deputy national security adviser Matt Collins in full

The Independent UK

How the spy trial row has exposed Britain’s China problem

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox explains why successive UK governments have dithered over deciding whether Beijing is a friend or foe

Evening Standard

London mayor race: Sir James Cleverly considers running, saying: 'I'd be stupid not to think about it'

‘Watching London go wrong angers me enormously,’ says former Tory foreign secretary

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