Mandelson has been sacked as ambassador to US, MPs told - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

It'll be interesting to see how Reform handles the Mandelson / Epstein story Here's what Farage told Harriet Symonds and Tom Scotson in their recent interview... www.politicshome.com/news/article...

EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson. It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people

I joined Zack Polanski for a walkabout around Clacton, where he talked to Nigel Farage supporters and said other parties must do more to battle the prospect of a “far right-adjacent” Reform government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Excl: Labour figures from the left & centre including Andy Burnham are launching Mainstream, a new soft-left network designed to change Labour’s direction & will inevitably influence the deputy leadership contest www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In Louise Haigh’s first interview since being effectively sacked as transport sec, she tells me Starmer must avoid a “simplistic and naive” response by lurching to the right after Reform UK’s success in the locals… 👇🏾 Very pleased she spoke with me www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NEW - No10 told there could be ministerial and other resignations over the welfare cuts as MPs pressure government to drop any PIP freeze. Comes after cabinet ministers voiced their own fears earlier this week. Huge pressure coming from PLP. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

🚨 @newscientist.com SCOOP: I've exclusively obtained Peter Kyle's interactions with ChatGPT using FOI laws - in what I believe may be a world-first transparency release. The chatbot said "Lack of Government or Institutional Support" slowed UK AI adoption www.newscientist.com/article/2472...

Labour MP Kim Johnson calls for a public inquiry into historic scandal which saw black children incorrectly labelled “educationally subnormal” & sent to schools for physically & mentally disabled pupils www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Ever since ministers began to put the “moral case” for cutting spending on UK benefits, emotions have been running high among Labour MPs. The argument – that Labour is “the party of work” – has left some furious, & others angry at those who are furious. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

EXCL: Keir Starmer faces biggest rebellion yet over welfare cuts with dozens of angry Labour MPs threatening to vote against freezing disability benefits. Many concerned that Rachel Reeves could go further than former Tory chancellor George Osborne who, despite deep benefit cuts, kept PIP rising.

EXC: Ministers discussing a range of options for changing (but not removing) the 2-child-benefit cap. Exempting parents of under-5s, exempting parents in work, higher child benefit payments, all in play. Story with @alethaadu.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

EXCL: Keir Starmer planning drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a boost to defence spending, the Guardian has been told www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK-EU youth mobility scheme key to better EU relations, says top diplomat www.theguardian.com/politics/202...