‘Your friends love you,’ Mandelson told Epstein after 2008 charges, emails show UK’s ambassador to US wrote ‘your friends love you’ in 2008 as financier charged with procuring child for prostitution The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025
Mandelson the self-styled fixer-in-chief gives hopeless Kemi a helping hand The Tory leader usually misses the open goals, but after the US ambassador’s creepy letter to Epstein she went in for the kill The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025
Voices: Starmer’s Mandelson nightmare gives Badenoch her first good PMQs COMMENT: Keir Starmer was on the defensive over Peter Mandelson and the Conservative leader drove home her advantage, writes John Rentoul The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Labour MPs turn on Starmer after PM backs Mandelson despite ‘best pal’ Epstein revelations PM under pressure to sack Labour peer as it’s claimed he advised paedophile: ‘Your friends stay with you and love you’ The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Starmer urged to sack Mandelson amid Epstein business deal revelations PM says he has confidence in ambassador when questioned in the Commons by Lib Dem and Tory leaders The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025
Starmer has ‘confidence’ in Mandelson despite Epstein birthday message The British ambassador to the US said he ‘never saw the wrongdoing’ or evidence of Epstein’s criminal activity. Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025
Keir Starmer backs Lord Mandelson as British ambassador after Jeffrey Epstein revelations At Prime Minister's Questions today, Kemi Badenoch pressed Sir Keir on whether Lord Mandelson was the right man to hold the senior diplomat job Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025
Keir Starmer refuses to commit to publishing Peter Mandelson vetting documents KEIR Starmer has refused to commit to publishing vetting documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador amid the growing… The National (Scotland) · Sep 10, 2025
Watch Live: Starmer grilled at first PMQs since Rayner’s departure Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces off against Kemi Badenoch in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (10 September). The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Attorney general trashes calls from Nigel Farage to leave the ECHR Attorney general Richard Hermer said Britain would be left in ‘splendid isolation’ with Russia and Belarus if it left the ECHR The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Starmer should beware: in this volatile age, no majority and no leader is secure for long Labour’s massive election victory already feels long ago. The PM needs to build a new electoral alliance – and quickly, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025
Reality begins to kick in for Badenoch – though it’s not really her fault Talking about the welfare bill in front of the cameras, the Conservative leader rages against her inner futility The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025
Fact check: Has unemployment risen ‘every single month’ under Labour? Full Fact looks at the numbers after a claim from several Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch. The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
Boris Johnson 'facing ethics probe' after allegations he profited from contacts BORIS Johnson is facing an ethics probe following allegations he profited from contacts he made in office as prime minister. The National (Scotland) · Sep 9, 2025
Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025 Badenoch defends Johnson over claims he profited from contacts made in office The Guardian newspaper reported that the former prime minister has profited from the influence and contacts gained while in office.
The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025 UK living standards ‘not an entitlement’, says Badenoch The Tory leader said the country was ‘spending more than we earn on welfare, on union pay rises and, increasingly, on debt interest’.
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025 Kemi Badenoch to offer Tory co-operation on welfare cuts The Conservative leader will offer her party’s co-operation ‘in the national interest’.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2025 Nigel Farage says Reform UK will not make pact with Boris Johnson Public will ‘never forgive’ ex-PM for immigration policies, claims Reform leader after Nadine Dorries called for unity
Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2025 New Troubles legacy framework ‘effectively there’, says Harris Tanaiste Simon Harris said an agreement on legacy issues relating to the Troubles was close to being agreed.
The Conversation · Sep 5, 2025 Plans to ‘maximise extraction’ of North Sea oil and gas would soon run into geological limits “We are going to get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea”, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said recently. Her promise to “maximise extraction” sets up a clash between political ambitions, economic reality and geological limits.
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025 Voices: Welcome, Nadine, to the Reform UK care home for deadbeat defectors COMMENT: The recruitment of former Tory minister Nadine Dorries is being hailed as a coup for Nigel Farage. Really? Sean O’Grady argues that her slavish devotion to Boris Johnson and her track record in government suggest she’ll soon become a liability
Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2025 Reform UK: All the politicians who have defected as more Tories announce move Here is a list of politicians who have recently defected to Reform UK
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025 Angela Rayner faces crunch moment as ethics probe set to report on tax row One minister said it would be a ‘good thing’ for the Government if the probe concluded quickly.
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025 Rayner’s job in jeopardy as ministerial rules breach verdict looms The Deputy Prime Minister referred herself to the ethics watchdog after admitting an underpayment of stamp duty on a flat purchase.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2025 The Guardian view on Reform’s party conference: Trumpism is on the agenda – it must be resisted Editorial: Labour’s strategy of accepting the premise of Nigel Farage’s anti-immigrant arguments and only querying his methods is self-defeating and dangerous