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Andrew should be re-interviewed over ‘use of public funds’, ex-PM Brown says

He said the former duke was interviewed at his request when he was PM over the ‘unacceptable costs he was incurring’.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer faces crunch vote on Peter Mandelson vetting row

The Prime Minister has urged Labour backbenchers to ‘stand together against’ the motion.

Evening Standard

Starmer tells MPs to ‘fight together’ before critical day for his premiership

The prime minister faces a standards investigation over Mandelson affair and testimony from Morgan McSweeney

The Guardian - UK

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Voices: Never mind the plotters – Keir Starmer has a robust case for his own defence

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Whatever the opposition’s excitable claims, all available evidence points to the PM having misled no one – and he remains the right man for the job given the shabby list of would-be replacements

The Independent UK

Prime ministers have always faced political scandals – so why can’t they weather them now?

UK prime ministers today are about as secure in their jobs as football managers. In the nearly three decades between 1979 and 2005, Britain had just three prime ministers: Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair. From 2005-2015, we again had three: Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.

The Conversation

Streeting admits he got it wrong on Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein

Wes Streeting said he did think 2023 reports that exposed links between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein were credible, and now questioned his judgement on the matter

The Independent UK

Starmer must call energy summit akin to 2008 crisis response, Labour MP says

Former government adviser Polly Billington urges bigger response to shield people in UK from effects of Iran war

The Guardian - UK

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King opens world’s longest managed coastal walk – but much of it is still closed off

Landowner disputes, coastal erosion and disused ferry hindering completion of King Charles III England coast path

The Guardian - UK

We can’t stand by while children are killed in war

Letters: Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s article about the effects of war on children following the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran

The Guardian - UK

Improvements to end-of-life care ‘urgently needed’ across UK, says Gordon Brown

The former prime minister was speaking after a Bill to allow assisted dying in Scotland was voted down by MSPs.

Evening Standard

UK should brace for fuel rationing over Iran war crisis, former BP chief warns Starmer

Former adviser says UK should be preparing for ‘significant shortfall of supply over the next two months’

The Independent UK

Who was Phil Woolas? Former UK Labour minister dies of brain cancer at 66

Phil Woolas, a former Labour Party minister who served in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has died at the age of 66 after battling brain cancer, his family and close friends announced on Saturday.

The Times of India

New Labour era minister Phil Woolas dies aged 66, family announce

He was a minister under Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and was MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth between 1997 and 2010.

Evening Standard

First Thing: Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf

Oil prices again rise over $100 a barrel as Iran threatens long ‘war of attrition’. Plus, San Francisco slashes air pollution

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Gordon Brown calls for international criminal court for crimes against children

Former PM says schools ‘deserve same moral status as hospitals’ after 168 schoolgirls killed in US-Israel war on Iran

The Guardian - UK

Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this

There are rules and world leaders must insist they be honoured in practice and in spirit. After this atrocity in Iran, a more effective tribunal for crimes against children is essential, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

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"Nothing Is What It Seems was written about Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. They're the liar and the thief in the song": Brinsley Schwarz on his state-of-the-world album Shouting At The Moon

A key figure in 70s pub rock is back with more songs "about politics or idiots with fingers on buttons"

International Business Times UK

Is Ex-Prince Andrew Leaving UK For China? Royal Expert Speculates On 'Disgraced' Royal's 'Two Fingers' Move

Former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and released under investigation as police probe allegations linked to the Epstein files. Royal biographer Andrew Lownie has speculated that China—rather than the UAE—could offer the disgraced royal a place to keep a low…

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The Independent UK

Met Police apologises to speaker Lindsay Hoyle for sharing flight risk tip-off with Mandelson’s lawyers

The Commons speaker said he passed on information regarding Peter Mandelson ‘in good faith, as is my duty and responsibility’

Evening Standard

Sir Keir dodges calls to release flight logs related to Epstein

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has called for the Government to release all flight logs and documents regarding the paedophile financier.

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown warns Nigel Farage will drag UK back into ‘Tory poverty years’

Gordon Brown hit out at Reform’s plan to reinstate the two child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK

The PM who turned PI: why is Gordon Brown delving so deep into the Epstein files?

Brown is said to be driven by moral anger but insiders suggest he may feel guilty for bringing Peter Mandelson back into government

The Times of India

Abandoned and decaying: What’s left inside Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ after years grounded?

For nearly a decade, Jeffrey Epstein’s former Boeing 727 has sat abandoned in Georgia, engines stripped and interior decaying. Once used to ferry powerful figures and, prosecutors say, trafficking victims between his properties, the jet remains a haunting relic of his crimes. Despite ownership changes and scrapping plans, it endures…

The Independent UK

Mandelson’s lawyers say police arrest was over ‘baseless’ claim he planned to leave UK

The former peer was arrested on Monday afternoon on suspicion of misconduct in public office

The Guardian - UK

Mandelson’s downfall is one of fastest ever seen in British public life

Epstein links have taken political operator from a vaunted position in British diplomacy to arrest in under six months

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