Digital ID cards: a versatile and useful tool or a worrying cybersecurity risk? As Keir Starmer aims to revive ID card system first proposed by Tony Blair, we look at the arguments for and against The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025
Government set to introduce digital ID cards to tackle illegal migration Sir Keir Starmer is due to announce the so-called Brit-Card in a speech on Friday. The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025
Mandatory Government-issued ID cards will make immigration system 'fair', argues Starmer The move comes as part of the government’s bid to tackle illegal migration, but many have raised concerns about the risk to privacy Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025
Arnold Schwarzenegger pushes back against Trump’s UN comments calling climate change a ‘con job’ The former bodybuilder, actor and Governor of California said the opinions of the president should not affect the beliefs of others. The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025
Trump's Gaza peace plan gets support from regional leaders Trump made it clear that he would not allow Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, the sources said. Axios · Sep 24, 2025
Who is Andy Burnham? The ‘King of the North’ threatening Starmer’s premiership PROFILE: The writing appears to be on the wall for Sir Keir Starmer, and Labour desperately needs a leader who can see off the dual threats of the Greens and Reform UK. Sean O’Grady asks whether the ‘King of the North’ could be the party’s knight in shining armour, even… The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025
British officials fear Trump could recognise Israeli West Bank settlements Government insiders say move would be a serious blow to prospect of a two-state solution The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
France recognises Palestine and calls for UN force in Gaza Macron sets out plan for international stabilisation mission as Arab and Muslim leaders prepare to meet Trump in New York The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
More Britons view AI as economic risk than opportunity, Tony Blair thinktank finds TBI says poll data threatens Keir Starmer’s ambition for UK to become artificial intelligence ‘superpower’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
Starmer’s AI push at risk from public scepticism, think tank warns Nearly twice as many people see the technology as a risk to the economy rather than an opportunity, according to polling from the Tony Blair Institute Evening Standard · Sep 21, 2025
What is Tony Blair’s plan for Gaza and will it work? ANALYSIS: The former British PM is said to be offering to lead any interim government in Gaza for up to five years, but the proposal has yet to be shared with regional actors and may not be accepted by Israel, writes Bel Trew The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025
Voices: The Mandelson affair now risks dragging Labour into its revenge era COMMENT: As allies call the peer’s dumping an ‘extraordinary betrayal’, the PM’s reset is reeling before it has begun, says Julian Glover The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025
Who is Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney? The debate around how long Morgan McSweeney might have left as the Prime Minister’s chief of staff has been is bubbling away and doesn’t look… The National (Scotland) · Sep 15, 2025
Anti-social behaviour not taken seriously since Tony Blair, Michael Gove says Lord Gove made the comments in an evidence session of the new cross-party Independent Commission on Community Cohesion. Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2025
The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2025 Starmer’s right hand man has resigned – what does this mean for the future of the PM? ANALYSIS: Many people in Labour wanted Morgan McSweeney sacked as Downing Street chief of staff before he finally quit over the Mandelson scandal, but now the question is if Starmer can survive as PM without him, David Maddox writes
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025 We ask the experts: does it still pay to go to university? ‘It’s complex’ The time and money you invest in education should be repaid by a rewarding career, but is that always the case?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025 Thursday mornings won’t be the same without Melvyn Bragg Letters: Steve Brown reveals how In Our Time has provided a superb resource for his teaching, plus letters from Robert McNulty, Helen Read and Moxley Cooper
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025 Peter Mandelson: the lights go out on Labour’s Prince of Darkness – again The party veteran’s exit in the wake of the Epstein revelations looks like the final stop of a rollercoaster career
The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025 Sacked Mandelson: Being ambassador to US was ‘privilege of my life’ The peer said he deeply regretted the circumstances of his departure from the British embassy in Washington.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025 Almost £10m of public money spent on subsidies for former PMs Annual cost of allowance has more than doubled in recent years because of quick turnover of prime ministers
The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025 Voices: With Mandy-gate, has Keir Starmer finally run out of luck? COMMENT: Just when the prime minister hoped his fortunes might at last be turning, his now former ambassador to Washington is embarrassed to the point of sacking by new details about his friendship with his paedophile ‘best pal’ – and days before a crucial state visit by Donald Trump, writes…
International Business Times UK · Sep 11, 2025 Who Is Peter Mandelson's Partner — And Why Is His Sexuality Back in the Headlines Over Embarrassing Birthday Note? Peter Mandelson, the UK ambassador to the US and former Labour cabinet minister, is back in the headlines over his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025 Timeline of Peter Mandelson’s controversial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein British ambassador to US was sacked over his ties to paedophile financier
Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2025 Timeline of Mandelson’s association with paedophile financier Epstein The British ambassador to the US’s links to Jeffrey Epstein go back decades.
The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025 Voices: How Trump’s state visit could determine whether Mandelson survives COMMENT: Calls for Keir Starmer to fire Peter Mandelson after the Epstein revelations are perfectly understandable, writes Simon Walters. But the US president’s impending state visit presents the prime minister with a diplomatic quandary of epic proportions