I occasionally like to kid myself that after 20-plus years of reporting from Westminster, I can’t be entirely surprised any more. Then, along came the row of the last few...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to face a packed Commons later where he will address questions over Lord Mandelson’s vetting. Sir Keir repeatedly told MPs that “full due...
There is something in the air in Birmingham and it’s not the faint whiff of overflowing wheelie bins. The UK’s second city could be about to see the biggest political...
Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has been appointed as the new chairwoman of LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall. Dugdale, who is currently chairwoman of Shelter in Scotland, said she was “thrilled...
Sir Keir Starmer would have blocked the appointment of Lord Mandelson as US ambassador had he known he failed security vetting, ministers have said. The prime minister has come under...
Everyone’s cross. The prime minister’s furious. Whitehall’s angry. Labour MPs are frustrated. But giving a top official, Sir Olly Robbins, the boot has not brought an end to this fiasco,...
Sir Keir Starmer has said it’s “staggering” that he, as prime minister, was not told about Lord Peter Mandelson failing to pass initial security vetting checks. The prime minister is...
Political correspondent Harry Farley reports as new information emerges about the former US ambassador’s appointment to the role.
The Foreign Office’s top civil servant is leaving his post after his department did not inform the prime minister that Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting for the role of...
First Minister John Swinney has defended his plan to compel supermarkets to cap the price of some groceries following criticism from business groups. Under the SNP manifesto pledge, large supermarkets...