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Labour likely to win next election with Burnham as leader, say party members – UK politics live

detailed polling on what Labour members think about the leadership](https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54797-what-do-labour-members-think-of-the-party-leadership-may-2026) which is worth flagging up because the views of members will influence the way events pan out in the weeks ahead. Here

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

Keir Starmer approving Mandelson’s appointment When the first tranche of Mandelson documents released under the humble address came out last month, it was notable that boxes on a form where Starmer was supposed

Starmer sees off inquiry call - but he doesn't escape unscathed

Keir Starmer has escaped unscathed. Ultimately [he won the vote pretty comfortably](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21lx9ne83o) with a clear majority of MPs rejecting the idea that he should be referred to a parliamentary committee for investigation

King not meeting Epstein survivors, but state visit could help ease US-UK tensions

details about the state visit released on Tuesday include: - The King and Queen will arrive in **Washington DC**, where over two days they will have a tea party, a garden party and a ceremonial military

Wes Streeting vowed to fix ‘broken’ NHS but critics say he failed to deliver

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-resignation-letter-what-he-said-and-what-he-meant) at lunchtime on Thursday. The NHS’s target for reducing patients’ waits for planned hospital treatment in England? “Surpassed … the biggest monthly drop outside of Covid since

What Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga

Keir Starmer has laid out a detailed timeline of events leading up to [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) being refused security vetting and how the message was not passed to No 10. Here’s what

Who is James Murray, the new health secretary replacing Wes Streeting?

Keir Starmer became Labour leader – following a brief stint on the health and social care select committee - and is seen as a Starmer loyalist. [Like Streeting before him](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57983355), Murray has also been

What was HMRC’s investigation into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs all about?

inquiry that she did not engage in deliberate tax avoidance. However, the authorities were looking at two questions: whether she should in fact have been liable for the higher rate of stamp duty as effectively

No way to raise Mandelson concerns, former senior official says

Starmer and "told to get on with it". Sir Philip said he knew Epstein was "a controversial figure" in the US, adding: "I was worried that this could become a problem in future." "That

Starmer’s top advisers knew about ‘indefensible’ journalists’ probe, documents reveal

Keir Starmer’s most senior advisers were briefed about an “indefensible” investigation into journalists writing critical pieces about the Labour Together thinktank, according to a newly released document. Among the aides who received updates

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer

Keir Starmer has given a devastating account of his government, saying Downing Street put [huge pressure on the civil service](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer) to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador despite