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Sir Keir Starmer’s former top aide, Morgan McSweeney, has admitted that the Labour Party was inadequately prepared for assuming power ahead of the general election.

Newly released documents reveal the inner workings of Labour Together and its role in covertly undermining Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party.

As political post-mortems on Keir Starmer gather pace, new details are emerging about the network of behind-the-scenes figures who helped shape his rise — and whose internal dynamics may have ultimately contributed to his downfall.

For the third time in a row Reform sought to stoke division and violence on Britain’s streets and have been roundly rejected by voters as a result, reports Adam Bienkov.

The prime minister’s close ally Darren Jones expressed his sympathies to Peter Mandelson after he was dismissed as US ambassador in messages that were not included in the humble address release.

Two days after Peter Mandelson was announced as the UK’s Ambassador to Washington in December 2024, Tom McTague, then political editor of UnHerd, published a column headlined ‘Peter Mandelson

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of selling former Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone.

Sir Keir Starmer might have avoided a sleaze investigation into his handling of the Mandelson vetting scandal following a vote in the House of Commons - but 15 Labour MPs went against him as pressure remains.

Sir Keir Starmer’s former top adviser today admitted a “serious error of judgement” in pushing Peter Mandelson for US ambassador.

The EU’s anti-fraud office has opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson following allegations he passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein.

Morgan McSweeney has denied claims that he bullied civil servants over the appointment of Lord Mandelson.

Cabinet allies and Labour heavyweights are turning against Sir Keir Starmer following Sir Olly Robbins’s explosive testimony before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

You can’t kill something that is already dead. New details about Peter Mandelson’s disastrous appointment as Britain’s ambassador to Washington can trigger more paroxysms of outrage in Westminster.

Keir Starmer’s team saw him as the ideal candidate for British Prime Minister when he took office in July 2024. But while winning an election is one thing, governing the country has proven to require a very different skill set.

Labour MPs believe they may have been “monitored” by a Labour think tank linked to Morgan McSweeney.

Kemi Badenoch has told the media that the controversy over the reportedly missing messages from Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone is "extremely fishy," and saying so is not a conspiracy.

The Metropolitan Police are reviewing CCTV from the day Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff had his phone stolen, according to reports.

Peter Mandelson will be asked to hand over messages on his personal phone as the government seeks to publish any interactions that relate to his appointment as US ambassador.

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is "a little bit far-fetched" to suggest the theft of his former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney’s phone was in any way linked to the release of files on Lord Peter Mandelson.

In a highly unusual move, the Metropolitan Police have released the full transcript of a call made by the Prime Minister’s then chief of staff.

It’s only going to get worse for Keir Starmer. He’s been forced to publish the first set of what’s known as the Mandelson files.

Sir Keir Starmer was accused of throwing yet another senior figure ’under the bus’ to save himself today as he confirmed he had sacked the head of the Civil Service.