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Ministers rally around Keir Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live

Keir Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live **Liz Kendall** has repeated

Unhappy Labour MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet

question being asked around Westminster is not 'should there be a Labour leadership contest?' – but 'why is such a contest not expected on 8 May', the day after the expected electoral drubbing? One Labour

Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting

Keir Starmer to complete Mandelson’s security vetting before his appointment as ambassador – but was ignored. Robbins overturned the United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKVS) decision to fail Mandelson just 24 hours later, giving little time

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

leadership, they may take it.” Last week Starmer sacked Olly Robbins, the Foreign Office permanent secretary, for not telling him that Mandelson did in effect fail the security vetting. (But technically he “passed”, because

Keir Starmer to face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live

questions very interesting too. I can’t promise to reply to them all, but I will try to reply to as many as I can, either BTL or sometimes in the blog. Explore more

Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader

Keir Starmer’s resignation – results overnight mean it may yet do so in the coming days. Five years ago, Labour crashed to [a humiliating defeat](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/07/hartlepool-byelection-result-labour-starmer-conservatives) in a byelection for the city

Starmer says ‘vast majority’ of Labour still supports him, despite Mandelson controversy – UK politics live

Keir Starmer** told [the Sunday Times](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-resignation-iran-interview-6ltnlpxfj) that the “vast majority” of the Labour party are supportive of his leadership. “In politics, you get this sort of thing all of the time

Keir Starmer vows to lead Labour into next general election after bruising week

questions about the future of his leadership in an interview with the Sunday Times. Asked directly if his prime ministership was over, Starmer told the newspaper: “No.” Pushed on whether he could continue, he replied

A grim week for Starmer – but things could be about to get worse

questions about the future of the prime minister took a turn for the worse for Sir Keir Starmer. If you had asked me a fortnight ago about the sentiment we were picking up from Labour

Why Starmer still can't move on from the Mandelson mess

question during the many months when the government has been under the cosh over giving Mandelson the job? It's not until the past few weeks that the vetting decision seems to have been uncovered

Key figure in Mandelson vetting row will not appear to give evidence to MPs

Starmer was right to sack Sir Olly last week. In a letter to the interim Foreign Office boss, Dame Emily set out some questions for Collard to answer in writing, including: "How often

Starmer to face MPs for first time since Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live

Keir Starmer faces PMQs today with the [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) vetting row still dominating the Westminster agenda and – in the view of most observers familiar with the views of Labour MPs – the wagons

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Keir’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson to Washington even though everybody knew it was high risk. This week could go either way,” one said. Starmer said on Sunday he would make it “crystal clear

PM's ex-chief of staff to give evidence on Mandelson vetting

Starmer that the UK Security and Vetting (UKSV) team had raised concerns about Lord Mandelson, but the Foreign Office had still granted him security clearance. The prime minister effectively sacked Sir Olly, expressing anger that

Foreign Office cuts will weaken oversight of international law, MPs warn

Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions this week by the independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley, Iqbal Mohamed. Starmer said the work would be undertaken by another team as part of a restructuring. However

Senior UK ministers deride Rachel Reeves’s reported plan of year-long rent freeze

questions over the chancellor’s future in government. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, asked the prime minister in the Commons on Wednesday: “This is not a serious way to run the economy … Will he listen

Campaigning sprint finish ahead of elections around Britain tomorrow

Keir Starmer does so while pleading with his party, in public and in private, to cut out all the chat about his future and who might replace him. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, is travelling

Starmer insists 'majority' of Labour MPs back his leadership

Starmer insists 'majority' of Labour MPs back his leadership Sir Keir Stamer has insisted the "vast majority" of Labour MPs support him and want him to continue doing his job as prime minister

‘Starmer’s referendum’: How local elections could expose a fractured UK

Keir Starmer is facing a tough stress test. His Labour Party on Thursday will battle local and devolved elections under mounting political pressure. Voters across England, Wales and Scotland are expected to deliver Labour their

Watch: Reporter told to pose as gay for asylum claim

questions on the UK citizenship test. Politics](/news/videos/c89k2z8vy93o) [ ## UK must obey international law over Iran, says Thornberry The conflict in the Middle East could continue "for some time