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Starmer’s survival depends on the fate of his right-hand man

ANALYSIS: Many people in Labour want Morgan McSweeney sacked as Downing Street chief of staff, but there are questions over how Keir Starmer would survive as PM without him, Kate Devlin and David Maddox write

The Independent UK

Ex-M16 chief slams Starmer’s ‘appalling judgement’ over Mandelson US ambassador appointment

Allies of the Labour grandee said he admitted in his vetting interview for the diplomat job that he continued his relationship with the paedophile for many years

Evening Standard

Starmer under scrutiny as Mandelson ‘admitted long ties with Epstein in vetting’

Questions are swirling about the Prime Minister’s political judgment after he sacked the peer a day after defending him.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian view on Peter Mandelson in Washington: a parable of short-sighted foreign policy

Editorial: Any association with Jeffrey Epstein was obviously toxic and it reflects poorly on Keir Starmer’s judgment that he didn’t anticipate the risk

The Guardian - UK

Sacked Mandelson: Being ambassador to US was ‘privilege of my life’

The peer said he deeply regretted the circumstances of his departure from the British embassy in Washington.

The Independent UK

Labour ‘unprepared’ for the ‘state’ of its inheritance, new Commons Leader says

Conservative shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman described Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership as being like an ‘unending episode of The Office’.

Evening Standard

Lord Mandelson: the New Labour ‘Dark lord’ brought down by ‘best pal’ Epstein

He started out as a Labour communications director in 1985 and was first elected as an MP in 1992.

Evening Standard

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Timeline of Lord Mandelson’s controversial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

British ambassador to US was sacked over his ties to paedophile financier

The Independent UK

Timeline of Mandelson’s association with paedophile financier Epstein

The British ambassador to the US’s links to Jeffrey Epstein go back decades.

Evening Standard

Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for help vetting an Israeli adviser

Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for help as he vetted an adviser claiming to have worked for the Israeli former prime minister

The Independent UK

Pressure mounts on Mandelson over ‘sickening’ links to Epstein

A Government minister said emails between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein made him ‘shudder’.

Evening Standard

Mandelson breaks silence over Epstein scandal and admits there’s ‘very embarrassing’ revelations to come

Peter Mandelson described his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as ‘an albatross around my neck’

The Independent UK

Lord Mandelson says his 2003 birthday message to Epstein ‘very embarrassing’

The UK ambassador to the US said he ‘never saw the wrongdoing’ or evidence of the paedophile financier’s criminal activity.

Evening Standard

Peter Mandelson’s birthday message to ‘best pal’ Jeffrey Epstein published by US Congress

In a handwritten note, Mandelson appears to tell Epstein he is his ‘best pal’ and signs off ‘we love you’

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Evening Standard

Davey warns against scrapping tax on tech companies to ‘appease’ Trump

Ambassador to the US Lord Mandelson told the Financial Times that the ‘tax itself is under discussion’.

The Independent UK

Mandelson’s comments on Ukraine ‘not Government policy’, says minister

Lord Mandelson, the UK’s ambassador in Washington, suggested Ukraine should commit to a ceasefire and ‘defy the Russians to follow’.

The Independent UK

Starmer’s ambitions for a Trump trade deal have a big problem – JD Vance

NEWS ANALYSIS: Insiders have told The Independent that if you want to know what Trump is really thinking, listen to what JD Vance is saying. That is very bad news for Starmer, as David Maddox explains

Evening Standard

Mandelson tells US: ‘We don’t need to fight over trade’

The UK’s ambassador to the US Lord Mandelson and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer addressed a reception in Washington.

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The Independent UK

UK will not rush to respond as Trump tariffs take ‘sledgehammer to free trade’

US President Donald Trump has slapped a 25% tariff on imports of steel from the UK.

Evening Standard

Trump tariffs an early challenge for new ambassador Mandelson

Lord Mandelson said the UK has to ‘respect and understand’ what drives the US president.

Evening Standard

Lord Mandelson expected to be approved as ambassador to US despite 'China links concerns'

Labour grandee Lord Mandelson is thought to be set to become Sir Keir Starmer’s top diplomat in Washington DC

The Independent UK

Trump poised to reject Mandelson as ambassador to US unless serious restrictions placed on his activities

Exclusive: Incoming president still minded to reject Lord Mandelson’s credentials as the UK’s ambassador to the US, with reports of splits in Downing Street over the appointment

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer ‘not at all disappointed’ at Labour’s Trump inauguration snub

Downing Street said it is ‘entirely normal’ for Britain to be represented by outgoing ambassador Dame Karen Pierce

Evening Standard

The challenges facing Starmer’s Government from the new Trump presidency

Here the PA news agency looks at five of the challenges facing Britain as a result of Mr Trump’s second presidency.

Evening Standard

Starmer set for talks with Trump as UK seeks to shore up ‘special relationship’

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he expected Sir Keir Starmer to make an early trip to Washington.

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