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PM's chief aide McSweeney quits over Mandelson row The adviser says he takes "full responsibility" for advising Sir Keir Starmer to make the peer US ambassador.
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PM's chief aide McSweeney quits over Mandelson row The adviser says he takes "full responsibility" for advising Sir Keir Starmer to make the peer US ambassador.

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Sport
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News : London Evening Standard
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Starmer’s chief of staff
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Zack Polanski: I thought what Keir Starmer said about me was vile
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Andrew ‘shared confidential trade information with Epstein during envoy role’
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News : Sky

PM battling for survival after his chief of staff resigns
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Briton Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years after national security conviction in Hong Kong
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Lonely Starmer looks like he doesn't know his own mind
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News
: Telegraph

Starmer plays his last card as McSweeney leaves No 10 PMs right-hand man quits after growing backlash over his role in appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US
McSweeney allies point finger at Powell
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Reform to set out plans for shadow cabinet Epstein files
Epstein made girls perform catwalk auditions, videos reveal Clips support theory that paedophile lured girls by posing as a model scout
Andrew ‘passed Epstein confidential reports while British trade envoy’

News : Guardian
What the papers say Fate of Keir Starmer dominates the front pages
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Starmer’s next stepsWhat hurdles must the prime minister now negotiate?
Labour‘The only honourable course’: McSweeney’s resignation statement in full
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Internet : Wired News
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News Mail
EXCLUSIVEEpstein took 'very cute' young Romanian model to private dinner at Buckingham Palace for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - as police face fresh calls to investigate ex-prince
Ditch Starmer for a caretaker leader, Labour MPs say... as insiders claim PM's closest aide McSweeney is on the brink of quitting
Keen fly fisher Charles enlists the telescopic sights on his security guards' rifles to help him locate salmon
The Mail on Sunday can reveal he has turned to a secret weapon: his security team, and their telescopic sights, which would normally be scanning for would-be assassins.
I saw first-hand how Epstein and Ghislaine got their claws into the world's most powerful men, by BARBARA AMIEL, high-society wife of legendary newspaper baron Conrad Black
The final straw, according to royal sources, was the sight of the incalcitrant former prince trotting around the Windsor estate, literally on his high horse.
NHS-funded study of cousin marriage is 'biased' and downplays the risk of birth defects, expert says
Britain's only in-depth review into the controversial practice, part of the Born in Bradford research programme, was also accused of being biased and pro-cousin marriage.
Brussels' Brexit revenge: EU tells Britain it must agree to 'onerous terms' if it want to join £130billion defence fund
British firms will be forced to source key technology and parts from Europe if Sir Keir Starmer signs up to a £130 billion EU defence fund, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
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Politics
: BBC

PM's chief aide McSweeney quits over Mandelson row The adviser says he takes "full responsibility" for advising Sir Keir Starmer to make the peer US ambassador.
Why McSweeney's departure could prove perilous for the PM Attribution
Foreign Office to review Mandelson's US ambassador pay-off Attribution
Police search properties linked to Mandelson over Epstein investigation Attribution
Three things that could bring Starmer down - and what might save him Attribution
Lib Dem peer suspended again over harassment allegations Attribution
Head of firm founded by Mandelson to quit after Epstein releases Attribution
Government could be forced to release 100,000 Mandelson documents Attribution
Three African countries agree to UK migrant returns after visa penalty threat Attribution
County council facing 'effective bankruptcy' Attribution
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Trump backs Chagos handover deal, says No 10 Attribution
Who is Starmer's former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney? Attribution
Who is Peter Mandelson? Attribution
Could this be the beginning of the end for Starmer? Attribution
'I never left your side': Emails reveal more about Mandelson's Epstein friendship Attribution
What was the vetting process for Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador? Attribution
From our Political Editor Chris Mason
Chris Mason: Starmer can ill afford any more days like these Attribution
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Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer's chief of staff over Mandelson scandal
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