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Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Labour civil war rages as Ed Miliband takes huge swipe at Keir Starmer

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband admits "worry" over Lord Peter Mandelson appointment.

Defence
Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Politics LIVE: Olly Robbins to give bombshell evidence in Peter Mandelson row

The Prime Minister fired the Foreign Office's top civil servant, Sir Olly Robbins, after finding out last week that Lord Mandelson's vetting status had been granted despite failing the UKSV check.

Politics
Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Come off it, Prime Minister

Sir Keir spoke as though this were all somehow passive, something that only happened to him. Yet he could have asked at any point, particularly after press reports suggested Mandelson had failed vetting. The simpler explanation is that he did not want to know. The post Come off it, Prime Minister appeared first on Conservative Home.

BBC Politics21 Apr 2026

Sacked civil servant to speak out in Mandelson vetting row

Sir Olly Robbins is expected to defend his decision not to tell Sir Keir Starmer that Lord Mandelson failed vetting.

Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Labour in humiliating u-turn as mobile phones to be banned from schools at last

The Government has backed down following a Conservative campaign

Education
Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Green wave in May elections MAPPED: Does your area come under Zack Polanski's party?

Data analysis shows Left-wing party could hammer Labour in crunch polls

PoliticsEnvironment
Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Starmer made 'deliberate decision' as 'getting Mandelson the job overrode everything'

Sacked Foreign Office chief Sir Oliver Robbins is expected to accuse Sir Keir Starmer of pressuring Mandelson's appointment despite knowing of his Epstein links

Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Peter Franklin: It’s time to take Green voters seriously

If the Left-of-centre vote collapses from Labour to the Greens and the Tory-Reform psychodrama continues to divide the Right, then we be losing more of our heartlands, not winning them back. The post Peter Franklin: It’s time to take Green voters seriously appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Lord Ashcroft: “Labour were always for the working people. Now it’s the non-working people”: my latest focus groups

My last round of focus groups before the May elections took place in Leeds, where we heard from former Tories who had switched to Labour or Reform, and longer-standing Labour voters considering their options; and Bridgend, where Welsh Labour voters pondered the Senedd elections. The post Lord Ashcroft: “Labour were always for the working people. Now it’s the non-working people”: my latest focus groups appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Terri Bloore: My plan to let Newham businesses not just survive, but to grow

Policies that address costs, safety, accessibility, and local accountability are likely to remain central to how the borough’s entrepreneurs and shopkeepers engage with politics in the years ahead. The post Terri Bloore: My plan to let Newham businesses not just survive, but to grow appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics21 Apr 2026

Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee

Ed Miliband has a rare chance to do for the climate what Nye Bevan did for health: create something future generations will be proud of It looks unlikely that Labour will emerge as the largest party at the next general election (though it’s by no means impossible). If just one term is Labour’s destiny, what legacy will it leave behind? There is already in the making one great success that can’t be reversed, the transition to homegrown clean energy. This is a true “taking back control” escape fro

PoliticsEnvironmentHealthcare
Express Politics21 Apr 2026

Ed Miliband to give major energy speech as fury erupts over 'lunacy'

Mr Miliband is set to dismiss those calling for oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.