1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (343+ words) Lord Mandelson appears to have tried to organise a tour of Downing Street for a Russian model linked to Jeffrey Epstein while he was serving as business secretary. Mandelson, then business secretary, tried to make the arrangements for the model,…...

19+ hour, 31+ min ago   (586+ words) Downing Street believes that it is close to securing renewed support from the US for its deal to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius despite President Trump labelling the plan an "act of great stupidity. The president appeared to…...

21+ hour, 20+ min ago   (683+ words) Sir Keir Starmer and his chief of staff are fighting for their political futures after the prime minister admitted he was warned about Lord Mandelson's friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein before appointing him as ambassador to the US....

22+ hour, 13+ min ago   (301+ words) " Epstein-Mandelson latest: follow for live updates " Keir Starmer approval rating 2026: the opinion polls tracked Starmer attempted to give an explanation at prime minister's questions. Yes, he had been aware of the friendship but he was not aware of the depth…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (648+ words) Sir Keir Starmer walked into Downing Street with Labour's second-largest majority in history. The son of a toolmaker and former head of the department for public prosecutions was elected by a public fed up after 14 years of Conservative government. All…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1339+ words) Sir Keir Starmer will aim for "maximum transparency" after he agreed to release documents relating to Lord Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, told Times Radio that "lessons need to be learnt to put it mildly…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1222+ words) Lord Mandelson appears to have told Jeffrey Epstein in May 2010 that the Labour government was "over" hours before the official announcement, according to documents released by the US Department of Justice. Mandelson repeatedly briefed the paedophile financier about coalition negotiations…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (931+ words) Women prisoners are being used as "pawns for political gain" by SNP politicians in an "Orwellian" quest to keep biological men in female jails, a court has heard. On the first day of a judicial review in which For Women…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (826+ words) JD Vance, the US vice-president, has joined calls for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to testify before the US Congress over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Noting Sir Keir Starmer's comments last week, which implied that Andrew would be failing victims if he…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (243+ words) Peter Mandelson and I once had a bit of a ding-dong. That episode on Newsnight in which I mentioned what was widely acknowledged about his sexuality was neither his nor my finest hour. But this will never cloud my assessment…...