Universities told to report foreign interference on campus to MI5
Ministers say UK universities have become a “prime target for foreign states and hostile actors”....
PM’s chief aide McSweeney quits over Mandelson row
The adviser says he takes “full responsibility” for advising Sir Keir Starmer to make the peer US ambassador....
Don’t drop PM over Mandelson, minister urges Labour MPs
Pat McFadden says Sir Keir Starmer made a mistake – but ditching him would destabilise the country....
Mandelson scandal is ‘serious’ for Starmer but PM is ‘man of integrity’, Brown says
Brown said Sir Keir might have been “too slow to do the right things” but backed him to “clean up the system”....
Police search properties linked to Mandelson over Epstein investigation
The former US ambassador and Labour minister is under invesigation for misconduct in a public office....
Three things that could lead to Starmer’s downfall – or save him
Sir Keir’s survival as Labour leader and prime minister hangs in the balance, writes Nick Eardley....
Head of firm founded by Mandelson to quit after Epstein releases
Benjamin Wegg-Prosser concluded his association with Lord Mandelson – and references to them both in the Epstein files – was doing the business Global Counsel...
Increase school funding to meet need for special education, MPs urge
A cross-party group calls on the government to “align funding to need”, as ministers consider SEND reforms....
Top government figures to hand over private messages with Mandelson
The government collects communications over Mandelson’s ambassador appointment as some of Sir Keir Starmer’s own MPs call on him to stand down....
Three African countries agree to UK migrant returns after visa penalty threat
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and Angola have said they will cooperate on migrant returns....