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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 Independent 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 Guardian - UK

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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

The Independent UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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‘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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme

Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

The Guardian - UK

UK-EU youth mobility scheme could let tens of thousands live and work abroad

Ministers want to secure deal by end of 2026 as part of a broader reset of Britain’s relationship with Europe

The Guardian - UK

Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations

UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm Europe

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The Independent UK

Talks on UK access to an EU defense fund have broken down

Talks on the U.K. joining a major EU defense fund have ended without agreement, the British government said Friday

The Independent UK

‘Perverse’ to charge infected blood victims’ families inheritance tax, MPs say

The criticism came as the Government launched a public consultation on proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme.

Evening Standard

In UK’s interest to ‘protect’ collapsed China spying case documents – minister

The case was withdrawn last month after the Crown Prosecution Service said it did not have the evidence to secure a conviction.

Evening Standard

Ukraine drones fly 1,250 miles to punch holes in Putin's air defences and target oil sites deep inside Russia

Kyiv and Moscow are locked into a technology race to develop new drones and other weapons

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Evening Standard

Plaid Cymru’s Caerphilly by-election win leaves Labour with ‘very tough fight’

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the result pointed to a ‘fractured political landscape’.

The Guardian - UK

Britain is suddenly pining for closer ties with the EU. It’s more likely to get the cold shoulder

Labour now wants to use the damage from Brexit to combat the threat of Nigel Farage, but the union has bigger fish to fry, says Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe

The Independent UK

Government spends £115,000 on ‘influencer marketing’ in less than a year

Minister said cash supported ‘multiple campaigns’, but Tories say it ‘makes a mockery’ of spending pledges

The Fashion Central

EU tells Britain no food import deal without freedom of movement for young Europeans

The EU has warned Britain that it will not sign off on a deal to cut red tape on food imports unless the Government agrees to bring back freedom of movement for young Europeans.

The Guardian - UK

No prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer’s reset negotiator

Comments by Nick Thomas-Symonds underline view in top government circles despite thaw in relations with Brussels

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson under pressure to explain how private office follows funding rules

Office is part-funded by public duty costs allowance, which should only be used to support public work of former PMs

Evening Standard

MPs reject Lords bid to block expulsion of hereditary peers from upper chamber

The Commons rejected a Lords amendment to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill that would prevent bloodline peers being removed.

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