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Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Starmer Sacks FCDO Permanent Secretary Olly Robbins

Starmer, who claims not to have known about Mandelson’s rejection for Developed Vetting and the subsequent overturn, has sacked FCDO permanent secretary Olly Robbins. Hurled under the bus…

Express Politics16 Apr 2026

Starmer leadership crisis reignites over Mandelson vetting bombshell: 'It's back on'

Keir Starmer appointed Lord Mandelson as US ambassador despite him failing security vetting - and as the PM sacked his top Foreign Office civil servant

BBC Politics16 Apr 2026

Top Foreign Office official to leave post after Mandelson vetting row

It comes after it emerged the peer failed security vetting but the Foreign Office still allowed him to take up the post.

Express Politics16 Apr 2026

Starmer sacks Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins over Mandelson vetting

Security officials initially denied Lord Mandelson clearance, but Foreign Office officials took the rare step of overruling the recommendation.

The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins leaves post in Mandelson vetting row

Robbins had been in job three weeks when Foreign Office overruled security officials, paving way for Mandelson to become US ambassador Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision Sir Olly Robbins, the UK Foreign Office’s top civil servant, is leaving his post after the decision to fail Peter Mandelson during his security vetting was overruled by his department. Robbins was the Foreign Office’s most senior official in late January 2025 when the decision was made, paving the w

Express Politics16 Apr 2026

Question Time descends into chaos as audience heckles over Starmer - 'yes or no'

Audience members shouted out as a Labour politician dodged a question on if the PM should quit.

The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Reeves looking to break link between gas cost and electricity prices

Chancellor wants to reduce impact of gas on market prices, as it almost always sets price of electricity in UK The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said she and Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, are looking at ways to break the link between the cost of electricity and gas prices. Gas almost always sets the price of electricity under the marginal cost pricing model the UK uses. Continue reading...

The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Rachel Reeves warns other budgets may be cut to lift defence spending

Chancellor says she is ‘working through a range of options’ to boost the armed forces but does not want to put up taxes UK politics live – latest updates Rachel Reeves has warned “difficult choices” are required to increase defence spending and other budgets may have to be cut, including welfare. Under pressure for a faster rise in military spending amid the Iran conflict and Russia’s war in Ukraine, the chancellor said she was “working through a range of options” but preferred not to increase

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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Badenoch calls Farage an ‘opportunist’ after he urges Scottish nationalists to back Reform

Leader of Tories criticises Farage after he says holding another independence vote ‘probably quite reasonable’ Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative party, has accused Nigel Farage of being an opportunist who does not believe in unionism after he urged Scottish nationalists to back Reform. Farage said earlier this week he believed in “genuine nationalists” who do not support the Scottish National party’s bid to rejoin the EU, and urged them to vote Reform in the Holyrood election on 7 Ma

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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

The spytech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs during impassioned Westminster debate MPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spytech company Palantir, calling it “dreadful” and “shameful” in a debate on Thursday, after which the government said it was “no fan” of the US company’s politics. Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs led the calls for Palantir, which also works for Donald Trump’s ICE immigration cra

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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

Orbán’s defeat threatens to halt Hungarian support of populist right

Individuals such as Matt Goodwin and Lord Frost benefited from largesse of self-styled ‘illiberal democracy’ UK politics live – latest updates The last 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s rule have been kind to a number of British political figures – from the Tory peer David Frost to Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin and James Orr. All benefited from largesse extended by the self-styled “illiberal democracy” established by the Hungarian leader’s ruling Fidesz party, which took a particular liking for those on t

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The Guardian Politics16 Apr 2026

It will take more than £600m a year to boost UK industrial competitiveness | Nils Pratley

Bics fix accepts nose-bleed energy bills are a structural problem but pretends they are an issue for a narrow section of industry It is “bold action” to boost UK competitiveness, claimed the government. Not everybody shared that assessment of the British industrial competitiveness scheme (Bics), the long-awaited plan to cut electricity bills for UK manufacturers by up to 25% – or, at least, to cut them for a subset of firms that are aligned with the eight chosen sectors of the “modern” industria