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In a letter to the Guardian, Uran Ferizi criticises ‘obsession’ with demonising AlbaniansAlbanians in Britain are paying the price in schools and workplaces of being scapegoated by rightwing media and...
Lords told sales of Scottish shellfish among areas that may benefit – but agreement will not erase all paperworkEurope live – latest updatesA new agriculture agreement with the EU will not wipe out al...
Sacked civil servant says No 10 pushed Foreign Office to find diplomatic role for Matthew Doyle without informing foreign secretaryDowning Street pushed the Foreign Office to find a diplomatic role fo...
Sacked civil servant discloses he overturned vetting ruling without knowing full extent of national security concernsThe sacked senior civil servant Oliver Robbins has said he was subject to “constant...
Sacked civil servant says it was right not to tell PM that Mandelson had failed vetting – a view Starmer rejectsIn the last 24 hours, the two men at the heart of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal ha...
Drawing a line under Lord Mandelson's appointment is proving impossible for the prime minister.
Sacked Foreign Office chief tells MPs he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson ‘a borderline case’An account of Peter Mandelson’s vetting process given by the former top civil servant Sir Olly Ro...
Lee Owens is accused of sending threatening emails to minister responsible for tackling violence against womenA man has appeared in court accused of stalking and harassing Jess Phillips, the minister...
Courier promises to meet new delivery targets by next May after being fined last year for poor recordBusiness live – latest updatesSecond-class post will be delivered every other weekday and scrapped...
A counter-terror investigation has been launched into a man formerly employed in parliament who was arrested under anti-hacking laws.
Energy secretary says he and the then foreign secretary were worried making Mandelson US envoy was riskyUK politics live – latest updatesEd Miliband and David Lammy discussed concerns that the appoint...
Despite surprise fall in unemployment, weak wage growth and inflation pressures put the squeeze on workersUK unemployment shows surprise fall to 4.9%Despite a surprise fall in the unemployment rate, t...
San Antonio Spurs centre Victor Wembanyama is named the first unanimous winner of the NBA's defensive player of the year award.
Jonathan Freedland on what Keir Starmer said – and didn’t say – to the House of Commons about the Mandelson vetting failure“I think the whole Mandelson story, in a way, is an example of how much the T...
Move marks UK government’s most radical attempt to weaken impact of soaring wholesale gas prices on electricity costsClean energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025Electrici...
Sir Keir Starmer is set to face another bruising day over the Peter Mandelson scandal, as the sacked senior civil servant he sought to blame for the appointment prepares to give his side of the story.
Keir Starmer has updated the House of Commons on what he knew, and when, in regard to Peter Mandelson’s vetting for the post of UK ambassador to the US. Was what the PM said enough to convince his par...
PM admits he made mistake in choice of ambassador as he makes high-stakes statement to parliament over scandalKeir Starmer has accused Olly Robbins of deliberately and repeatedly obstructing the truth...
PM defends his actions over the appointment of Mandelson.