Repeated warnings and a £75,000 payout: Five key points from the Mandelson files The Prime Minister was repeatedly warned about the ‘reputational risk’ of hiring the peer Evening Standard · Mar 11
What the Mandelson documents reveal – and what we still don’t know What have we learned from release of files relating to former peer’s appointment – and sacking – as UK ambassador to Washington? The Guardian - UK · Mar 11
Mandelson files unpacked: What was actually in the 147-page release? From warnings over the ‘reputational risk’ posed by Lord Mandelson’s appointment to a £75,000 taxpayer-funded payout – here is everything you need to know from the first release of documents The Independent UK · Mar 11
Starmer is facing a cocktail of dissent that is growing ever more potent After the Greens’ byelection win, PM’s failure to make a progressive offer has angered Labour’s soft-left majority The Guardian - UK · Mar 5
Labour Together ‘making clean break’ after former director resigns as minister Thinktank’s board distances itself from Josh Simons’ decision in 2023 to hire lobbying firm to investigate journalists The Guardian - UK · Mar 1
Keir Starmer was advised to ditch net zero. He needs to re-embrace it After byelection defeat and with right-leaning advisers gone, will PM return to his instincts and embrace Labour ‘DNA’ on climate? The Guardian - UK · Mar 1
Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer Countdown to May has begun and dejected Labour MPs want to see in that time PM is capable of change The Guardian - UK · Feb 27
Green win shows progressive voters are now voting against Labour as well as Reform Gorton and Denton byelection shatters Labour strategy of neglecting its core base while focusing on Reform defectors The Guardian - UK · Feb 27
Minister under investigation over targeting of reporters makes late donation declaration Josh Simons failed to declare gifts from Labour donor within the stipulated 28 days of receiving them The Guardian - UK · Feb 24
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 23
Peter Mandelson timeline: what have been his key jobs and past scandals? The former ambassador, now under arrest, has had plenty of ups and downs in his career of more than 40 years in the Labour party The Guardian - UK · Feb 23
Lobbyist in Labour Together scandal has been investigating Guardian reporter, say reports Tom Harper reportedly made inquiries as recently as last week about Henry Dyer, who has been reporting on row The Guardian - UK · Feb 22
Starmer 2.0: could a more authentic PM revive Labour’s appeal? After surviving a coup, and with his critics chastened, No 10 insiders say a more combative PM is up for taking the fight to Reform UK The Guardian - UK · Feb 21
Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 20
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17 The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 – Starmer has nowhere to hide He can sack who he wants to protect himself, but all roads currently lead back to the prime minister, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale
The Independent UK · Feb 15 Starmer urged to investigate links between Government and ‘creepy spy scandal’ A think tank is said to have hired a PR firm to investigate reporters to identify their sources for stories about campaign funding breaches.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15 Starmer facing calls for inquiry into Labour thinktank’s investigation of journalists Cabinet Office minister commissioned report that made ‘baseless claims’ about reporters who were investigating Labour Together
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15 Jonathan Powell rejects overtures to replace McSweeney as Starmer’s chief of staff Exclusive: Powell, who held post under Blair, is said to be considering leaving current role as national security adviser
Evening Standard · Feb 14 Sir Keir Starmer says he ‘ended the week much stronger’ after political strife The Prime Minister said his party was ‘completely united’ on issues including Ukraine and the economy.
Evening Standard · Feb 14 OPINION - From Epstein to Mandelson to McSweeney, the lights are going out on Starmer’s project There is no one of substance in this Cabinet who can distance themselves from McSweeney or Mandelson
The Guardian - UK · Feb 13 Left or right, Keir? Labour factions jostle for influence in post-McSweeney No 10 Soft left senses chance to push Starmer into progressive pivot, but leftward turn would be fiercely resisted by some
Evening Standard · Feb 13 Minister refuses to say £260k payout for ex-Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald is 'value for money' for taxpayers The former head of the Civil Service was reported to have been given the payment under an agreement for his departure from No10
Evening Standard · Feb 12 Fact check: Claim about No 10 staff includes vacant and interim positions The director of communications role is currently vacant, while the chief of staff role is being carried out on an acting basis.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12 Chris Wormald forced out of post as cabinet secretary, No 10 confirms – as it happened Downing Street says Wormald to stand down but does not announce replacement
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12 Behold the incredible shrinking Starmer: the PM who promises more while giving less It is not just this doomed government but the Labour party itself that is disappearing before our very eyes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty