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The Guardian Politics12 Mar 2026

Mandelson due diligence report raised ‘serious questions’, minister admits – UK politics live

Nick Thomas-Symonds says he shares public’s ‘moral outrage’ over the former ambassador’s £75,000 severance payment We have early pictures from the newswires of prime minister Keir Starmer in Belfast this morning, in his first public appearance since the release of the first tranche of documents relating to Peter Mandelson. He is expected to speak to journalists during the visit, before heading to Cork in the Republic of Ireland. Four months after Peter Mandelson was sacked as UK ambassador to Wa

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Express Politics12 Mar 2026

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer under fire as Mandelson scandal explodes

Follow our live blog for the latest political updates.

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Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

John Oxley: A serious defence policy demands serious political honesty

If the voters are going to accept the costs of rearmament, the positive case needs to be made. This includes bluntly explaining the risks that those of us who obsessively monitor the news are already aware of. It also requires setting out why our military power matters. The post John Oxley: A serious defence policy demands serious political honesty appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

Chase Blount: My first election was a car crash – but I still gained from it

Even if in the worst case scenario, you come last, you will still gain an invaluable experience, and you will still ensure that the people of Britain have a choice in their elections.   The post Chase Blount: My first election was a car crash – but I still gained from it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics12 Mar 2026

Fury mounts over Starmer handing Mandelson £75K after ignoring warnings: 'Beggars belief'

Documents released to Parliament confirm Starmer was warned in writing that appointing Mandelson posed a 'reputational risk' - then paid him £75,000 to leave

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The Guardian Politics12 Mar 2026

MPs launch student loans inquiry amid ‘perfect storm’ for young people in UK

Influential Treasury committee chair Meg Hillier says review follows growing concern over graduate debt UK firms struggling to hire young people amid cost pressures, MPs told Young adults in the UK face a “perfect storm” of economic challenges, the head of the influential Treasury select committee has warned as it launches an inquiry into student loans. The cross-party committee’s investigation comes as the government considers ways to ease the burden on graduates, amid a growing backlash abou

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BBC Politics12 Mar 2026

Inquiry into student loans launched by MPs

The Treasury Committee will look at whether "the goalposts [have] been moved in a way which is unfair".

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The Guardian Politics11 Mar 2026

Zack Polanski repeated claim hypnosis can increase breast size, BBC interview reveals

Green party leader has said he immediately apologised for comments made in 2013 Sun interview, but footage six days later shows him standing by claim Zack Polanski’s claim to have immediately apologised for offering hypnosis intended to increase a woman’s breast size has been cast into doubt by the emergence of a 2013 interview with the Green party leader. In 2013, before he entered politics, Polanski was approached by a Sun journalist to see if a hypnotherapy session could make her breasts bigg

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Sky News Politics11 Mar 2026

MPs launch investigation into student loans system

A committee of MPs is launching an inquiry into the student loan system and whether it's fair for graduates

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Express Politics11 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer's Peter Mandelson crisis enters a dangerous new stage

Voters across Britain and the Labour MPs who sit behind the Prime Minister in the Commons will be appalled that he put the warnings about the peer to one side

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The Guardian Politics11 Mar 2026

A clever person knows their limitations … Kemi believes she has none

There was time for Kemi to embarrass herself again as she explained how we were both at war and not at war Taxi for Kemi. It’s only a matter of time before Tory MPs start thinking the unthinkable and hand their leader her P45. It could be happening even now. This week’s prime minister’s questions can only have concentrated a few minds. Buyer’s remorse has long since passed. Some have now moved through the five stages of grief. First there was the denial. Despite evidence to the contrary, Kemi wa

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Express Politics11 Mar 2026

Mandelson appointment 'weirdly rushed' despite Epstein links, No 10 dossier reveals

Bombshell documents show Downing Street advisers questioning the speed of the process in giving the peer the plum Washington job

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