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Was this the week Starmer’s Chagos deal finally died?

NEWS ANALYSIS: Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal has been left on the brink after Donald Trump announced he opposed it, but political editor David Maddox looks at how the controversial deal with Mauritius has become symbolic of a beleaguered premiership

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We conduct affairs of state in a building that’s riddled with asbestos and mice. Can’t Britain do any better?

Parliament is steeped in history, but too many parts of the estate are dangerous and squalid. The promised upgrade can’t come a minute too soon, says Labour MP Rupa Huq

The Guardian - UK

Donor suspended from Tories pays £50,000 for dinner with Kemi Badenoch

Exclusive: Rami Ranger, who was suspended for a year in 2023, makes successful bid at party fundraising event

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Fallout from Epstein and Mandelson puts Britain's House of Lords under scrutiny

Britain’s House of Lords is facing scrutiny as an indirect result of the Jeffrey Epstein files

The Independent UK

UK politics: Government abandons plans to delay 30 local council elections in May – as it happened

The government was warned by its lawyers that such a move could be illegal as it pledges an additional £63m to help councils with reorganisation

The Guardian - UK

‘Clearly not’: Lucy Powell asked if she would have ennobled Lord Doyle

The peer, who has had the Labour whip removed, earlier apologised and said he believed Morton’s initial assertions of innocence.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer and rotten peers: go back to the reforming spirit of the Labour manifesto

Editorial: The prime minister would be in a stronger position now if he had moved harder and faster with plans to reform and ultimately abolish the Lords

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Peers under pressure: how to reform Britain’s House of Lords

Letters: Readers respond to the Green peer Jenny Jones’s article on parliament’s unelected chamber

The Guardian - UK

Furious women MPs turn on Starmer over ‘boys’ club’ scandals

PM faces questions over his judgement after admitting paedophile-linked peer ‘did not give a full account of his actions’

The Independent UK

Anas Sarwar says Starmer welcome to campaign for Labour in Scotland, days after after urging him to resign – UK politics live

Two days ago, the Scottish Labour leader said he wanted the prime minister to avoid Scotland during the election campaign because of his deep unpopularity with voters

The Guardian - UK

Labour chairwoman: Lord Doyle should lose peerage over ties to paedophile

Anna Turley has suggested Sir Keir Starmer’s former communications chief had not told the truth before being elevated to the House of Lords.

Evening Standard

Former senior aide to Starmer loses whip over friendship with sex offender

Labour peer Matthew Doyle has apologised for links to Sean Morton who was convicted of possession of indecent images of children

The Guardian - UK

Futile resignations and blatant revisionism to the fore as Starmer staggers on

The same cabinet ministers who failed to speak up for the PM in the morning were soon offering their undying support

The Guardian - UK

We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change

The abuse of women by figures such as Epstein, and of political power by the likes of Mandelson, must be confronted. As far as I am able, I will play my part, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

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Parliament is 'overrun by rats and mice,' says London MP ahead of £40bn revamp

Kemi Badenoch was speaking to ITV’s Preston when a rodent darted across the floor behind her

The Independent UK

Plans to fix Parliament could take more than 60 years and cost up to £40bn

The restoration and renewal client board has put forward two options

Evening Standard

Plans to restore Parliament could cost up to £40 billion

The restoration and renewal client board has put forward two options.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Will the Epstein files threaten Peter Mandelson’s legacy?

In today’s newsletter: A police investigation, newly released documents and long‑standing questions about accountability have converged to place one of Labour’s most enduring figures under unprecedented scrutiny

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Peter Mandelson is fleeing the House of Lords: now let’s throw out all the other rogues and idlers

The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust, says Jenny Jones, a Green party peer

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Peter Mandelson steps down from the House of Lords – but he still has his title

Peter Mandelson has stepped down from the House of Lords over fresh revelations about his links to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. These now include emails suggesting thousands of pounds were sent to Mandelson’s husband, that Mandelson lobbied against US bank reforms on behalf of Epstein while he was a…

The Independent UK

Mandelson facing police probe over Epstein emails as he quits House of Lords

Prime minister accuses Mandelson of letting ‘his country down’ as the disgraced peer bows to pressure and quits House of Lords

Evening Standard

Mandelson quits Lords over Epstein scandal

Lord Mandelson had faced legislation being drawn up to remove him from the House of Lords.

The Guardian - UK

Peter Mandelson resigns from Lords after Epstein email leak scandal

Former minister apparently shared confidential government emails with child sex offender and financier

Evening Standard

Mandelson: ‘lapse of judgment’ to accept Epstein money for osteopathy course

Pressure is mounting on the Government to strip Lord Mandelson of his peerage over allegations that he passed information to Jeffrey Epstein.

Evening Standard

Epstein scandal bombshell: Met Police launch criminal investigation into disgraced peer Lord Mandelson

The Scotland Yard development came just hours after it emerged that the peer was resigning from the House of Lords

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