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Morgan McSweeney out, what next for Sir Keir Starmer?

The exit of the Prime Minister’s closest aide leaves Sir Keir’s position in increased jeopardy.

Evening Standard

10 Creepy Epstein Bombshells About Trump and His Billionaire Buddies That’ll Make Your Skin Crawl

The Department of Justice has dumped more than 3 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein files into the public domain, and if you thought the rich and the powerful couldn’t possibly get any creepier, we’ve got around 3 million reasons to tell you to sit down.

The Mary Sue

Keir Starmer’s director of communications, Tim Allan, steps down

Exclusive: Decision follows departure of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney over Peter Mandelson scandal

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer fights for survival as chief of staff quits over Mandelson scandal

Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff over the Peter Mandelson–Epstein scandal, leaving the British prime minister fighting for his political survival.

Euronews

Starmer ‘taking responsibility’, minister insists as PM set to face mutinous MPs

Morgan McSweeney quit as the PM’s chief of staff on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Epstein survivors demand release of remaining files in Super Bowl ad: ‘We deserve the truth’

The clip, released by campaign group World Without Exploitation and targeting attorney general Pam Bondi, says there are still three million more files to come

The Independent UK

Starmer in position of ‘complete weakness’, says Swinney

Pressure is continuing to mount on the Prime Minister despite the resignation of his chief aide Morgan McSweeney.

Evening Standard

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UK leader Starmer fights for his job as Mandelson-Epstein revelations spark a leadership crisis

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a political crisis as he tries to persuade Labour Party lawmakers not to oust him

The Independent UK

Starmer tells Labour MPs he is ‘not prepared to walk away’ after call for him to resign – as it happened

Prime minister addresses parliamentary Labour party amid Mandelson scandal fallout

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer out, Shabana Mahmood in? How Epstein revelations could lead to the UK's first Muslim prime minister

Starmer is not accused of misconduct, and Mandelson has consistently denied any impropriety. Yet British politics does not operate solely on legal thresholds. It operates on perception, timing and instinct. The renewed attention on Epstein has revived a broader unease about elite networks, proximity to power and the sense that…

The Times of India

Gordon Brown by James Macintyre review – a very different kind of politician

A new biography reveals Brown to be a man of exceptional vision and probity – what a contrast with today’s politics

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: The Welsh were Labour’s most loyal voters, but even their support is in doubt

In today’s newsletter: With public services under strain and voters drifting from traditional parties, the Senedd contest in May might end up causing an unprecedented reshaping of Welsh politics

The Guardian - UK

What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt

We’re often told the PM is a ‘decent’ man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

‘Blame me’: what the UK papers say as Morgan McSweeney quits over Mandelson-Epstein scandal

British papers explore what’s next for prime minister Keir Starmer after the loss of his longtime adviser over the Mandelson-Epstein files scandal

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The Independent UK

Keir Starmer to face mutinous MPs after top aide’s exit over Mandelson scandal

Morgan McSweeney’s departure has failed to quell disgruntlement among critics including in the Labour Party.

Evening Standard

Inside the turmoil in Number 10 as Keir Starmer clings to power after day of drama at Westminster

Cabinet ministers rally round the Prime Minister after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on him to resign

The Independent UK

Vidhya Alakeson and Jill Cuthbertson: Who are Starmer’s new joint chiefs of staff?

POLITICS EXPLAINED: With Morgan McSweeney’s enforced departure over the Mandelson scandal, his former deputies Vidhya Alakeson and Jill Cuthbertson have both been promoted to replace him as joints chiefs of staff

The Guardian - UK

Starmer in fight to reassert control over Labour party after McSweeney exit

Allies hope aide’s departure can quell anger over Mandelson scandal but others say it leaves PM dangerously exposed

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The Guardian - UK

For some, McSweeney resignation removes obstacle to eventual downfall of Starmer

Those pushing to oust the prime minister are unlikely to be deterred by his right-hand man’s departure

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s next steps: what hurdles must the prime minister now negotiate?

Top aide’s resignation may buy PM time, but coming weeks bring events that could yet end his time in office

The Guardian - UK

Morgan McSweeney’s fall offers a new beginning. Starmer and his cabinet had better grab it

If he and his philosophy were to blame for the government’s ills, now it can change tack. There can be no more excuses, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Decent or disastrous? Starmer’s judgment and leadership divide opinion

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Polly Toynbee in which she says she cannot understand the reason for this level of public dislike

The Guardian - UK

Mandelson revelations show need for tougher UK constraints to resist rule of the rich

Labour must protect democracy and learn lessons from Jeffrey Epstein’s efforts to influence government policy

The Independent UK

Morgan McSweeney’s resignation statement in full as Starmer’s chief of staff quits over Mandelson scandal

’In public life responsibility must be owned when it matters most... In the circumstances, the only honourable course is to step aside’

The Times of India

UK PM Keir Starmer’s chief of staff quits over appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite Epstein ties

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, resigned on Sunday after taking responsibility for advising the prime minister to appoint Peter Mandelson as the UK ambassador to the United States, despite Mandelson’s past links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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