Top Foreign Office official to leave post after Mandelson vetting row
It comes after it emerged the peer failed security vetting but the Foreign Office still allowed him to take up the post....
Starmer did not know Mandelson failed vetting, government says
A decision to go against the recommendation of the vetting agency was taken by officials in the Foreign Office, spokesperson says....
Home Office investigating after BBC finds migrants making false claims to stay in UK
No 10 says the government is working to ensure “anyone potentially abusing our immigration system is held accountable”....
Starmer challenged over defence investment plan delay
The prime minister is facing growing pressure to spell out when the funding blueprint will be published....
Starmer says he’s ‘not going to yield’ to pressure from Trump on Iran war
It follows a warning from the US president that America’s trade deal with the UK “can always be changed”....
Mahmood promises action against ‘sham lawyers’ abusing asylum system
It comes after the BBC revealed how law firms and advisers are helping migrants pretend to be gay to stay in the UK....
Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry
In the second part of an undercover investigation, the BBC exposes elaborate deceptions being used to bolster fake asylum claims....
Chris Mason: Iran war means government’s vicious circles tighten and darken
A subdued economy makes trade-offs and choices over public spending more difficult, Chris Mason writes....
Former Nato chief warns UK’s national security ‘in peril’
Lord George Robertson will use a speech to accuse “non-military experts in the Treasury” of “vandalism”....
Chris Mason: How Lammy and Vance’s unlikely friendship is being leveraged
Their relations remain warm just as those between their leaders seems decidedly chilly, Chris Mason writes....