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Sky News Politics18 Apr 2026

Starmer fighting for his job as he faces crunch week over Mandelson vetting row

Sir Keir Starmer is fighting to save his premiership as he faces a crunch week over the latest revelations in the Peter Mandelson vetting row.

Guido Fawkes18 Apr 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 919,881 visitors visited 838,123 times viewing 872,652 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Starmer and Hoyle Exchange Angry Words After PMQs Government Considers Early Prorogation of Parliament Mandelson Failed Security Vetting: Starmer’s Excuse for Appointment Explodes Rumours Team Streeting Offered Yvette Cooper Job of Chancellor Labour MP…

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The Guardian Politics18 Apr 2026

Green MP: Labour caricatures working-class people over greyhound racing

Hannah Spencer says minister ‘continuously offends people by saying working-class people don’t care about dogs’ Labour is “offensively caricaturing” working-class people by saying they do not want a greyhound racing ban in England, the Green party MP Hannah Spencer has said. The sport has traditionally been associated with working-class culture and has historically been popular in so-called red wall areas, which Labour insiders suggest is part of the reason why there are no plans for England to

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Express Politics18 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer's so up to his neck in sleaze and slime it's threatening to choke him

OPINION - CAROLE MALONE: Newsflash, Sir Keir - nobody's buying it!

Express Politics18 Apr 2026

Trump thinks he's crazy - so why is Ed Miliband being so stubborn over North Sea drilling?

Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage and Donald Trump are all pressuring Labour to make use of the North Sea's remaining reserves.

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Express Politics18 Apr 2026

'I almost choked on my scotch eggs' when I heard what Joanna Lumley could do

Tragedy, dust-ups and scandal - Westminster had it all this week

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The Guardian Politics18 Apr 2026

‘It’s a twilight zone’: Iran war casts deep shadows over IMF gathering in Washington

Rachel Reeves joins global finance chiefs in highlighting how households and businesses are feeling the pain of higher energy prices The most severe energy shock since the 1970s, the risk of a global recession and households everywhere stomaching a renewed surge in the cost of living – hitting the most vulnerable hardest. In a sweltering hot Washington DC this week, the message at the International Monetary Fund meetings was chilling: things had been looking up for living standards around the wo

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The Guardian Politics18 Apr 2026

The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism?

Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history Politics, before it is about anything else, is about emotion. We all base our judgments about the world – the state of the country we live in, for instance, and what we’d like to do about it – on a mix of rational calculation and instinct. But for these judgments to be shaped into a political programme who

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BBC Politics18 Apr 2026

'Staggering' I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says PM

The PM is facing calls to resign over the revelation that Lord Mandelson did not pass security checks.

BBC Politics17 Apr 2026

Mandelson saga is a messy palaver - and the questions continue to swirl

Sir Keir and the top official at the Foreign Office at the time are expected to face questions from MPs next week.

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BBC Politics17 Apr 2026

Mandelson saga is a messy palaver - and the questions continue to swirl

Sir Keir and the top official at the Foreign Office at the time are expected to face questions from MPs next week.

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Express Politics17 Apr 2026

Former aide to Labour MP spared jail after downloading 500 indecent images of children

Conor McGrath, 29, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.