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UK Parliament Shutdown: Keir Starmer Grilled In Final PMQs Before Two-Week Recess

Keir Starmer faced a combative final Prime Minister's Questions before Parliament shut down for a two‑week recess, as Kemi Badenoch accused him of 'begging MPs to save his skin'.

International Business Times UK

Voices: How King Charles survived a rogue ambassador’s storm among the teacups to dazzle Trump

COMMENT: Even an awkward bit of friendly fire in the form of leaked comments which emerged from the UK’s own ambassador to the US couldn’t take the sheen off the King's charm offensive, says Helen MacNamara

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘offers Rayner Cabinet job’ in bid to avert coup after Mandelson vote

Sir Keir Starmer has offered Angela Rayner a Cabinet return to avert a potential leadership challenge, according to a report in The Telegraph. Ms Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, left Cabinet in September after admitting to underpaying stamp duty on her new flat in Hove. The offer comes amid…

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PMQs latest: Starmer refuses to say if Rachel Reeves will keep job as chancellor in rumoured reshuffle

Sir Keir Starmer took questions from MPs the day after avoiding an inquiry into claims he misled Parliament over the Peter Mandelson vetting saga.

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in parliament

In today’s newsletter: As Labour braces for heavy local election losses, senior figures are signalling unease and morale is sinking, can the prime minister hang on?

The Guardian - UK

In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants

Trump is volatile, capricious and unreasonable – but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manage, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

The Latest: King Charles visits Washington with hopes of restoring the US-UK relationship

King Charles III will embrace some of Washington’s most formal ceremonial trappings as he tries to emphasize a bond between the United Kingdom and the United States that is so strong it can withstand the political turmoil of the moment

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Starmer to face MPs after defeating bid to investigate claim he misled Commons

Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions will be the last before Parliament is suspended, or ‘prorogued’.

Evening Standard

America’s special relationship is ‘probably Israel’, says British ambassador to US

The comments by Sir Christian Turner threaten to embarrass the King during this week’s crucial state visit to the US

Evening Standard

Starmer buys some time – but he could be running out of political capital

With a possible election ‘shellacking’ coming up, the PM is not out of danger despite his MPs backing over Mandelson

The Guardian - UK

One more time, Mr McSweeney comes to Sir Keir Starmer’s aid

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As the evidence given by the former Downing Street chief of staff makes clear, the way the prime minister has treated parliament throughout the Mandelson saga is one of the few things that has gone right with it. Sir Keir has no case to answer

The Independent UK

UK PM Starmer avoids parliamentary probe over Mandelson appointment as US envoy

Starmer denies allegations that his office applied pressure on the foreign ministry to approve Mandelson's appointment as Britain's ambassador in Washington despite having failed security vetting.

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Starmer to avoid inquiry into Mandelson appointment after surviving MP vote

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The Independent UK

MPs reject bid to investigate claim PM misled Commons over Mandelson appointment

MPs rejected a bid by the Conservatives to refer the Prime Minister to the Commons Privileges Committee on Tuesday by 335 to 223.

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Keir Starmer dodges sleaze probe as MPs reject investigation into whether he misled Commons over Mandelson

MPs rejected a bid by the Conservatives to refer the Prime Minister to the Commons Privileges Committee on Tuesday by 335 to 223

The Guardian - UK

Starmer sees off major Labour rebellion over call for Mandelson inquiry

No 10 deploys full weight to block parliamentary inquiry bid as MPs warn PM running out of political capital

The Guardian - UK

Drop the ‘toxic hot potato’: what Barton and McSweeney really revealed about the Mandelson scandal

Testimony from former senior officials that pressure from No 10 did not sway appointment decision strains credulity

International Business Times UK

Starmer's Former Chief of Staff Brands Peter Mandelson's Appointment a 'Serious Error of Judgement' During High Stakes Commons Inquiry

Speaking to MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Morgan McSweeney admitted advising Keir Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson was a 'serious error of judgment.'

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The Independent UK

Starmer’s premiership ‘on the ropes’, says US ambassador in leaked recording

Remarks by Sir Christian Turner, who replaced Lord Mandelson – sacked over his links to Jeffrey Epstein – come to light as King Charles meets Donald Trump on US visit

The Independent UK

UK ambassador to Washington says America’s only ‘special relationship’ is with Israel, not Britain

Sir Christian Turner’s comments were reportedly made in February during a private conversation with visiting students from the UK, but emerged on the second day of King Charles’s state visit to the US

The Guardian - UK

America has special relationship with Israel now, UK’s new US ambassador says

Diplomat described Keir Starmer as being ‘on the ropes’ over Peter Mandelson scandal in private meeting with students

The Guardian - UK

Morgan McSweeney does no lasting damage to Starmer in grilling by Emily Thornberry

PM’s former chief of staff looked far from happy when forced into the open to face Commons committee

The Guardian - UK

Starmer seems to think he can do no wrong – two weeks of Mandy-mania hearings point to the opposite conclusion

Bereft of any big ideas, or indeed policies, the PM is in his happy place: a never-ending parliamentary procedural process, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Starmer escapes sleaze inquiry after ex-top aide takes blame for Mandelson vetting scandal

Prime minister survives vote by MPs to launch ‘sleaze’ inquiry over failed vetting row

The Independent UK

Blow for Reeves as government borrowing costs jump to highest since global financial crisis

10-year gilt yields are highest since the global financial crisis

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