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Lonely at the top: who are Keir Starmer’s allies as daunting May elections loom?

Prime minister has shed trusted staffers but can still turn to many genuine friends in and out of government

The Guardian - UK

Former Brexit boss says Britain should rejoin EU after failed ‘heady promises’

Philip Rycroft said the British public was ‘falling out of love’ with Brexit

The Independent UK

Capita’s Royal Mail pension scheme contract terminated after failures – minister

The Government will do all it can to ensure continuity of service, Royal Mail pensioners were assured.

Evening Standard

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Royal Mail pension scheme contract terminated after ‘failure to deliver numerous milestones’

The Government will do all it can to ensure continuity of service, Royal Mail pensioners were assured

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister grilled over fears of unvetted staff inside government after Mandelson scandal

Cabinet minister Nick Thomas-Symonds faced a grilling from Victoria Derbyshire over fears of unvetted staff inside the government following the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.

The Independent UK

Starmer-Mandelson latest: Labour MPs turn on PM over vetting scandal - but Reeves rules out leadership contest

MPs warned of a ‘a toxic culture’ taking hold at No 10

The Independent UK

UK seeks EU deals on steel and EVs in push for closer economic ties

Agreements would aim to shield British industry from new steel tariffs and stricter rules on electric vehicles due in 2027

The Guardian - UK

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Government sets aside extra £1bn for victims of UK’s infected blood scandal

Additional funds include extra £35,000 each for former pupils experimented on at school without their knowledge

The Guardian - UK

Apologise for 'headlong rush into Iran war,' Keir Starmer tells Kemi Badenoch in heated PMQs clash

The Prime Minister accused the Tory leader of making the ‘gravest mistake’ possible by an Opposition leader with her stance on committing UK troops to Donald Trump’s conflict

Evening Standard

Starmer shares impatience for change, minister says after Rayner’s intervention

Angela Rayner said the party had come to be seen to represent ‘the Establishment’ and called for a change of course.

Evening Standard

Brexit was bad for Britain – Labour must now declare our future is back in Europe

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to be congratulated on her analysis of the parlous state of the economy – but she must go further and faster in aligning the UK with the EU

The Independent UK

EU calls for urgent reboot in talks with UK to stop reset deal failing

Time is running out to find agreement on areas such as tuition fees EU citizens would pay in Britain and rules for food safety

The Guardian - UK

Farage’s immigration plans will spark an EU trade war ‘worse than Trump tariffs’, warns minister

Exclusive: European affairs minister delivers warning ahead of a major speech by Rachel Reeves on resetting the UK’s relationship with the EU

The Independent UK

Row over university fees shows UK’s ‘reset’ with EU may not be so simple

Ministers go to Brussels for talks amid tuition fees standoff, 10 years after Britons voted to leave EU

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The Independent UK

Key Starmer negotiator rules out Britain rejoining the EU

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The Independent UK

Britain will not rejoin EU or set up customs union, Starmer’s top negotiator warns

Exclusive: European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds will tell ideologues on both sides of the Brexit debate that ‘alignment is not a dirty word’ as he seeks to embed a relationship reset with ‘ruthless pragmatism’

The Guardian - UK

Why the hell did Starmer pick Mandelson? The latest mug on the media round had no idea

Nick Thomas-Symonds unravelled under barrage of questions – as PM instead bored some mothers and babies in Belfast

The Independent UK

Labour MPs are furious about the Mandelson files revelations – but they won’t move against Starmer for now

ANALYSIS : The files reveal that the PM was warned about the risks of appointing the former Labour grandee as ambassador to the US. But angry Labour MPs are unable to move against him for two reasons, explains political editor David Maddox

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer: It was my mistake appointing Mandelson – as it happened

PM also says it must be him who apologises to Epstein’s victims

Evening Standard

Peter Mandelson’s £75,000 payout after sacking was ‘value for money’ – minister

Nick Thomas-Symonds argued the peer should donate the money to charity.

Evening Standard

£75,000 payout for Lord Mandelson was 'value for money,' argues minister after peer sacked in Epstein scandal

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds defended the £75,000 payment to Labour grandee Lord Mandelson

The Guardian - UK

‘Made in Europe’ EU industrial strategy could hit supply chains, UK minister warns

Nick Thomas-Symonds says move could also create unnecessary UK-EU trade barriers and increase costs

The Guardian - UK

Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%

NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset

The Guardian - UK

Labour forced into humble pie address after MPs’ fury over Mandelson disclosures

Quiet air of desperation on government benches as Peter Mandelson’s links with Jeffrey Epstein consume the Commons

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner leads Labour revolt against Keir Starmer on Mandelson files release amid 'cover-up' warning

London MPs also urged the PM to give Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee oversight on publishing the Mandelson papers

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