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Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Kamran Balayev: London should lead on resilient AI, not just AI

A conservative answer would argue that strong institutions do not merely adopt new technologies; they ensure those technologies can be trusted when conditions are difficult. It would treat resilient design, fallback capacity, cyber hardening and recovery planning as part of national strength. The post Kamran Balayev: London should lead on resilient AI, not just AI appeared first on Conservative Home.

Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Labour civil war as Yvette Cooper slams No 10 plan to hand job to friend of sex offender

No 10 tried to quietly install Lord Doyle as an ambassador - a move kept secret from the foreign secretary - the Mandelson vetting scandal has heard.

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Express Politics21 Apr 2026

GB News issues breaking news alert - and it's huge blow to Starmer

Pressure is mounting for the UK Prime Minister.

The Guardian Politics21 Apr 2026

It’s a nightmare on Downing Street: Starmer has no one left to blame for this Mandelson horror show | Marina Hyde

Olly Robbins’s testimony will have been painful for the PM. The No 10 omnishambles was publicly laid bare – and Keir’s fresh out of scapegoats ‘How dare Olly Robbins not have made me look like a chaotic, unprincipled plonker?” is an interesting defence for a prime minister to go for. But we are where we are. Never mind “this is the future liberals want”: this is the past that Keir Starmer wants. What follows is the alternative branch of history the endlessly victimised PM apparently wishes we’d

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Guido Fawkes21 Apr 2026

LIVE: Emergency Commons Debate on Mandelson Vetting

Granted to the Tories yesterday and to be fronted by Badenoch. Yet another headache for the government…

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The Guardian Politics21 Apr 2026

Robbins’ account raises questions over whether he was misled on Mandelson vetting

Sacked Foreign Office chief tells MPs he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson ‘a borderline case’ UK politics live – latest updates An account of Peter Mandelson’s vetting process given by the former top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins has raised new questions about whether he was misled about the findings of the agency responsible for vetting. Robbins, who was sacked from his role of permanent secretary at the Foreign Office last week after revelations in the Guardian, gave testimony abo

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The Guardian Politics21 Apr 2026

Robbins v Starmer: the key points they disagree on over Mandelson vetting

Sacked civil servant says it was right not to tell PM that Mandelson had failed vetting – a view Starmer rejects In the last 24 hours, the two men at the heart of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal have given their version of events: Keir Starmer, the prime minister, and Olly Robbins, the man he sacked as the head civil servant at the Foreign Office. Robbins’ testimony to the foreign affairs select committee on Tuesday completes much of the picture as to why Mandelson was given security clearan

BBC Politics21 Apr 2026

London Labour activists charged amid alleged vote rigging claims

Four Labour activists have been charged by police after an investigation into claims that a party database was manipulated to help fix a candidate selection.

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The Guardian Politics21 Apr 2026

Shabana Mahmood swears at hecklers over Reform UK comments

Home secretary accuses protesters of trying to ‘delegitimise’ concerns people have over immigration Shabana Mahmood has told “white liberal” hecklers to “fuck right off” after being accused at an on-stage event of copying the policies of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. The home secretary was barracked by a man who said he wanted to “personally thank you for out-Reforming Reform” during a live interview in central London on Monday. Two other audience members shouted “refugees welcome” as the man was re

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Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Pure political dynamite just blew up in Starmer's face – PM will never recover from this

Sir Keir's coveted reputation as Mr Integrity is farther away from his grasp than ever before.

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Guido Fawkes21 Apr 2026

Downing Street Doesn’t Deny Trying to Give Doyle Top Job in Foreign Office

Downing Street isn’t denying that Starmer attempted to find a cushy ambassadorial job for Matthew Doyle, as Olly Robbins revealed in his explosive Foreign Affairs Select Committee appearance this morning. Speaking at the Lobby briefing of political hacks, the Number 10 spokesman said: “[Doyle] left his role as Director of Communications in March 2025, he…

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BBC Politics21 Apr 2026

No 10 had 'dismissive attitude' to Mandelson vetting, says ex-official

Sir Olly Robbins has defended his decision to approve the peer's security clearance for the role.