Keir Starmer faces toughest week as Prime Minister yet as MPs to hold sleaze vote Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has granted a debate on whether Sir Keir should be referred to the Privileges Committee Evening Standard · Apr 27
Starmer makes plea to Labour MPs to ignore Tory ‘stunt’ in bid to avoid sleaze inquiry The prime minister will face a Commons vote on Tuesday which could trigger an inquiry into claims he misled MPs The Independent UK · Apr 27
Opposition parties ‘playing silly political games’ calling for PM to face probe Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure over revelations about Lord Peter Mandelson’s vetting process. Evening Standard · Apr 27
No 10 publishes previously confidential memo to refute claim that Starmer misled MPs over Mandelson appointment – as it happened Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle earlier confirmed that MPs will decide whether to let inquiry into Keir Starmer’s statements over Peter Mandelson proceed The Guardian - UK · Apr 27
Starmer insists ‘vast majority’ of Labour MPs support him despite Mandelson scandal As the prime minister faces existential questions about his future in power, he said he still believes he can win the next election The Independent UK · Apr 26
Sunak: Starmer must take responsibility for Mandelson vetting scandal The government is ‘at risk of learning the wrong lessons from this sorry episode’, the former prime minister said The Independent UK · Apr 25
Starmer ‘facing Commons vote next week’ on inquiry into Mandelson vetting scandal Exclusive: MPs from across the House have written to Lindsay Hoyle asking for an investigation into whether Starmer misled parliament The Independent UK · Apr 24
Starmer-Mandelson latest: Dismissal of Robbins over vetting scandal ‘wholly unacceptable’, says ex-Labour minister Denis MacShane said he had never seen such a ‘fallout’ between No 10 and the civil service The Independent UK · Apr 23
Counter-terror police arrest former parliament worker under anti-hacking laws The Metropolitan Police said that a 40-year-old man was arrested in Coventry on Thursday on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act The Independent UK · Apr 21
Keir Starmer to face further scrutiny over Peter Mandelson in emergency debate The Prime Minister told the Commons he would not have appointed Lord Mandelson if he had known the peer had failed vetting checks. Evening Standard · Apr 20
Ex-Parliament staff member arrested under hacking laws Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said the former staff member had been detained under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 Evening Standard · Apr 20
Former parliamentary staff member arrested under anti-hacking laws, Sir Lindsay Hoyle announces The Commons speaker has briefed MPs on the ‘security matter’ The Independent UK · Apr 20
The Independent UK · Apr 16 Keir Starmer asked to apologise to MPs for ‘shameful record’ at PMQs The Prime Minister was accused of ‘ignoring the question and changing the subject’ in 23 out of 24 responses
Evening Standard · Apr 16 Keir Starmer urged to apologise for ‘contemptuous behaviour at PMQs’ Jesse Norman claimed the Prime Minister had ‘ignored the question and changed the subject’ in 23 out of his last 24 responses to Kemi Badenoch.
Evening Standard · Apr 2 Jonathan the tortoise is alive! World's oldest land animal caught in bizarre crypto death hoax Jonathan’s ‘death’ was reported as fact by media outlets including the BBC and the Daily Mail
Evening Standard · Mar 12 Furious Speaker Lindsay Hoyle blasts ministers for ‘unacceptable behaviour towards Commons staff’ The Commons Speaker said the MPs involved ‘should be ashamed’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7 ‘Like fleeing to Southampton’: was Mandelson escape ‘plot’ just a joke? A story that started in the British Virgin Islands led to a sensational arrest 4,000 miles away – but was it ever more than a shaggy dog story?
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6 Peter Mandelson released from bail conditions Police have decided former minister is not a flight risk, but he remains under investigation
Evening Standard · Mar 5 US legislator hits out at UK after arrests over alleged spying for China David Taylor, the husband of Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid, and two other men were arrested by counter-terrorism officers in London and Wales.
Evening Standard · Mar 5 Risks from Chinese spying ‘not receding’, Speaker warns parliamentary staff Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s warning comes as three men were released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of espionage.
Evening Standard · Mar 4 Angela Rippon and Alex Kingston among Strictly stars teaching MPs to cha-cha-cha Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and new Green Party MP Hannah Spencer were among the parliamentarians practising their footwork.
Evening Standard · Mar 2 New Green Party MP Hannah Spencer sworn in to Parliament after by-election win The new Gorton and Denton MP was called forward by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle at the start of parliamentary business on Monday.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27 Dirty Business, The Lady, Mandelson’s arrest – are they truth, ‘faction’ or just more drama? The latest rush of docudramas seems to suggest that anyone in the public eye must expect a degree of intrusion. But where does that end, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins