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Guido Fawkes23 Apr 2026

WATCH: Starmer Unable to Say He Has Cabinet’s Support

Out and about Starmer could not say he had the Cabinet’s backing. They are depressed or agitating to replace him in private and sullen on broadcast… Asked “are you confident the cabinet is fully behind you?” Starmer could only say: “The Cabinet is working really hard on huge amount of issues on what we’re delivering…

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The Guardian Politics23 Apr 2026

Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting

Karl Turner, who lost Labour whip after criticising PM, calls for privileges committee to examine if Starmer misled parliament UK politics live – latest updates A former Labour MP has joined opposition parties calling for Keir Starmer to face a Commons committee to examine whether the prime minister misled parliament as the government’s crisis surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington continues. Karl Turner, who lost the Labour whip last month after making a se

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BBC Politics23 Apr 2026

Key takeaways from senior official on Mandelson vetting

Cat Little, the top official at the Cabinet Office, tells MPs "due process" was followed in the appointment.

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BBC Politics23 Apr 2026

Key takeaways from senior official on Mandelson vetting

Cat Little, the top official at the Cabinet Office, tells MPs "due process" was followed in the appointment.

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BBC Politics23 Apr 2026

Key takeaways from senior official on Mandelson vetting

Cat Little, the top official at the Cabinet Office, tells MPs "due process" was followed in the appointment.

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The Guardian Politics23 Apr 2026

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of Mandelson’s appointment UK politics live – latest updates In more than 90 minutes of evidence to the foreign affairs select committee about the Peter Mandelson scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious. But she did reveal several pieces of new information – or at times information different to that given to the same committee by Olly Robbi

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Guido Fawkes23 Apr 2026

Green Party Leaflets Printed in Urdu, Bangla, Turkish, Arabic, and Somali

Posted by a Green-loving activist on X. The message: “We must stop Reform and reject Labour. Please vote Green on 7 May.” And, if you didn’t get the message in English, Polanski’s outfit printed it in five more languages… The page is fronted by Deputy Leader Mothin Ali, who suggested on 8 October 2023 that…

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Express Politics23 Apr 2026

Nightmare for Keir Starmer as Olly Robbins’ shocking payoff for sacking revealed

Taxpayer's could be left to fork out a fortune after Sir Keir Starmer sacked a senior mandarin

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Conservative Home23 Apr 2026

Austen Morgan: We now know more than we did about the Mandelson affair – so what happens next?

Robbins could insist on justifying civil service discretion in the face of ministerial rights to know?  Starmer will have diminishing political support.  Robbins, the support of the former cabinet secretaries and other mandarins. Public opinion, unimpressed with the former, may warm to the latter. The post Austen Morgan: We now know more than we did about the Mandelson affair – so what happens next? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes23 Apr 2026

Taxpayer Forks Out Tens of Thousands to Advertise Labour Digital ID on Podcasts

The government is advertising its consultation on Digital ID on podcasts. A project led by Darren Jones, who wants ideas… Jones said that government consultations were fake, unlike this one, which was launched on 10 March: “This consultation is not a performative consultation. It’s a genuine one. That’s why we’re not just doing a kind…

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Express Politics23 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer faces sleaze probe demands as letters sent to Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle

Karl Turner has joined the Conservatives, Lib Dems and others demanding Starmer be hauled before the Privileges Committee over his Mandelson statements.

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Express Politics23 Apr 2026

When Keir Starmer falls the lunatics will run riot - Ed Miliband isn’t even the maddest

Keir Starmer was sold to us as a sane, sensible PM. Yet on his watch, the Labour Party has lost its mind.