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Colleagues of Sir Keir Starmer are sharing their reaction to the news of the prime minister’s resignation.

Yesterday, thousands of documents, WhatsApp messages, and messages linked to Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador finally came to light.

Sir Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of his Cabinet on Tuesday after messages released regarding Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK ambassador to the US exposed divisions within Labour.

Labour MPs are not aiming to increase taxes to finance more benefits, according to Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds.

Peter Mandelson described Keir Starmer’s No10 as “beleaguered and bereft” and said the Prime Minister lacked “verve” in explosive documents published today.

Labour’s Pat McFadden complained to Lord Mandelson about the attitude of backbenchers - saying his colleagues were only concerned with who they could tax to fund benefits increases.

Lord Peter Mandelson warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s Downing Street operation is "beleaguered and bereft" in damaging WhatsApp messages to a Cabinet minister.

Sir Keir Starmer retains “full confidence” in Wes Streeting as Health Secretary, even as he looks set to resign in a bid to launch a leadership challenge.

Keir Starmer is looking increasingly isolated over his handling of the Peter Mandelson scandal with divisions emerging in cabinet over his decision to sack the Foreign Office civil servant Olly Robbins.

Ms Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister, Housing Secretary, and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party on Friday following a misconduct investigation triggered by allegations of tax evasion.

The minister states that the program will assist in ensuring that Whitehall possesses the "widest range of talent and truly represents the nation."

Top civil servants could face the sack if they do not deliver savings for the taxpayer under rules announced by the Government on Thursday.

Britain’s government will close a loophole that meant ministers did not have to declare hospitality they had received, cabinet office minister Pat McFadden said on Sunday when pressed again to explain the use of donations for clothing and gifts.

Supporters of Boris Johnson have launched a fresh bid to oust Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after MP Lee Anderson joined Reform UK, the party founded by Nigel Farage

In a brutal verdict on the Tories' record in office, a majority also believe life has got worse in Britain since 2010, including among more than half of those who voted Conservative in 2019

Somerset Capital Management LLP, founded by the Business Minister Lord Johnson, owns a £105m stake in Infosys, the Indian IT firm started by Rishi Sunak's father in law, the Sunday Mirror can reveal

Downing Street said Rishi Sunak's new Cabinet will be 'focused on delivering the change the country needs' as he appointed David Cameron to a top job as Foreign Secretary

New analysis of how the mammoth swing to Labour in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth might affect a nationwide poll found the Tories would be down to as few as 50 seats in the Commons

Rishi Sunak bizarrely claimed that after 13 years of Tory rule voters will be choosing change if they back him at the election during his first conference speech as Conservative leader

The PM will use his first conference speech as leader to complain the Westminster system isn't working and try to shift blame onto Labour - despite 13 years of Conservative rule

The next general election has to be held by the end of January 2025 but last month a survey by YouGov found almost 50% of the public want one by spring next year

The Labour Party booked the advert for a huge digital billboard on Manchester’s Axis Tower skyscraper to overlook the Tory conference venue but it was canned after word got out

Teachers, troops, prison officers, police, junior doctors and consultants are being offered pay rises - but critics warned that failing to fully fund the wage increases would mean cuts elsewhere

People with a 75% loan-to-value mortgage faced a typical interest rate of 4.63% in April, which is three times the 1.49% charged two years earlier - and Labour is blaming former PM Liz Truss