Trump’s state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning
Months of preparations have gone into the state visit – but the Lord Mandelson question is not the only concern troubling insiders....
Hillsborough Law will include duty of candour
The proposed law would force public bodies to co-operate with investigations into major disasters....
PM would ‘never’ have appointed Mandelson had he known full Epstein links
The PM says a due diligence process was gone through before Lord Mandelson was appointed US ambassador....
Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK
Conservative shadow minister for work and pensions MP Danny Kruger unveiled as later defector to Reform UK....
Starmer facing leadership questions after Mandelson sacking
Some Labour MPs have become more vocal in their criticism of the prime minister after the departures of Angela Rayner and Peter Mandelson....
Migrant return flights to France set to start next week
Dozens of migrants were detained in Dover last month under the new ‘one in, one out’ agreement between the UK and France....
Starmer grilled Mandelson about Epstein before appointing him, insiders say
The fallout is continuing after Peter Mandelson’s sacking as UK ambassador to Washington over his links to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein....
Starmer defended Mandelson after officials knew about Epstein emails, BBC understands
Sources say that the prime minister was not aware of new emails between Mandelson and Epstein when he defended the former UK ambassador to the...
Cooper reaffirms Ukraine support as she visits Kyiv
The foreign secretary has travelled to Ukraine’s capital for her first overseas visit in her new role....
Epstein paid for Mandelson’s travel in 2003, documents show
Mandelson was sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US over his links to the late convicted paedophile....