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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

Starmer grilled over Independent front page on Mandelson vetting failure amid desperate fight for survival

Kemi Badenoch asked why Sir Keir claimed to have only learnt about Lord Mandelson failing vetting last week, when The Independent raised concerns with Downing Street in September

The Independent UK

Today, it fell to parliament to hold Keir Starmer to account for the Mandelson scandal. It largely failed

On these occasions, MPs have a solemn duty to reflect the public’s anger and need for answers. A pity that so few seem able to fulfil it, says political commentator Toby Helm

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MPs to hold emergency debate on accountability relating to Mandelson appointment

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said it is ‘a matter of national security’.

The Independent UK

Badenoch raises The Independent’s Mandelson revelation in six key questions to PM

Kemi Badenoch quizzed Keir Starmer on The Independent’s exclusive revelation Peter Mandelson had failed security checks prior to his appointment as US ambassador, as the prime minister faced a bruising Commons showdown.

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘deliberately and repeatedly’ kept in the dark over Mandelson vetting

The Prime Minister said it ‘beggars belief’ that he was not told Lord Mandelson had failed vetting checks.

Evening Standard

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Sir Keir Starmer will tell MPs that he did not know Lord Mandelson had failed the initial vetting process and it was ‘unforgivable’ not to tell him.

Evening Standard

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Starmer accused of ‘cover-up’ over Mandelson vetting scandal

The Independent put revelations that Peter Mandelson had failed MI6 vetting for the US ambassador role to Downing Street in September – but a ‘furious’ PM insists he did not know until this week

The Independent UK

Badenoch demands government publish all Mandelson files by next week

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The Independent UK

Mandelson vetting storm: All the new revelations as Foreign Office chief is sacked

Sir Olly Robbins has left his role after it emerged that the Foreign Office overruled a security vetting process to clear Peter Mandelson to become UK ambassador to the US

Evening Standard

Lib Dems launch manifesto with call for change ‘with fairness at its heart’

The party has set out its ‘realistic’ plan ‘to get things done, focused on the things that matter most’.

Evening Standard

Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

Exclusive: Liberal Democrat leader calls for privileges committee to investigate whether PM misled parliament

The Guardian - UK

A question for those desperate to cut benefits to fund defence: who exactly are you willing to impoverish?

George Robertson has joined Reform and the Tories in making the case. Look welfare recipients in the face and say that, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Starmer-Mandelson latest: Badenoch says PM is ‘taking public for fools’ as he refuses to quit over vetting row

Lib Dem frontbencher Lisa Smart wrote a letter to Sir Laurie Magnus asking for the prime minister to be investigated

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‘Starmer in peril’: what the papers say about Mandelson vetting row

Speculation over the prime minister’s future dominates UK front pages after the Guardian revealed Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch calls Farage an ‘opportunist’ after he urges Scottish nationalists to back Reform

Tory leader criticises Farage for saying that holding another independence vote ‘probably quite reasonable’

Evening Standard

Scottish Parliament ‘paying lip service’ to oil and gas industry – Kemi Badenoch

The Conservative leader made her comments while on a visit to Scotland.

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Kemi is on the way up’: Readers react as Conservatives close gap on Reform in latest poll

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over signs of Reform UK’s decline, with some seeing a meaningful Conservative recovery under Kemi Badenoch while others view the shift as tentative, fragmented and far from decisive

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The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch voices hope for Tory first minister in Scotland after May election

The Conservative leader said only her party is standing up for the Union.

The Independent UK

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

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

Badenoch: Only Tories will stand up against SNP’s ‘divisive’ referendum plans

The Conservative leader is expected to address supporters at a rally in Edinburgh on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Questions asked and answers given – up to a point. Welcome to lo-fi PMQs

Weirdly, Keir and Kemi looked more secure in their jobs as a modicum of coherence entered their exchanges

The Independent UK

Badenoch accuses Labour of ‘fiddling while Rome burns’ after sex toy pledge

Kemi Badenoch has accused the government of “giving a whole new meaning to fiddling while Rome burns" after a Labour MP launched a campaign to make 2026 the “summer of sex” and said she even hopes to bring sex toys into parliament.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer rejects accusation Labour is ‘complacent’ on defence funding

PM responds to warnings by former Nato chief George Robertson by saying defence spending is increasing rapidly

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