🚨 NEW: Labour MPs say Keir Starmer is losing sleep over the Mandelson scandal with him regularly active on WhatsApp after midnight in recent days [@thetimes]

🚨 NEW: Morgan McSweeney is widely expected to resign One source says he already agreed to quit next month after the Gorton and Denton by-election - but others suggest his exit could now be imminent [@thetimes]

🚨 NEW: Cabinet Ministers say Keir Starmer is in a "dark place" over the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson and there is "genuine concern" he could resign [@thetimes]

🚨 NEW: Labour MPs are being flooded with emails sent via an online tool telling them to "hold the line" on Keir Starmer

🚨 PICTURED: The Met Police begin searching Peter Mandelson's home in Camden

🚨 BREAKING: The Met Police is carrying out search warrants at two of Peter Mandelson's addresses

🚨 NEW: Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan has called for Keir Starmer to resign "We can't just keep going on like this - lurching from one crisis to the next. One of the best ways of resetting is to have a renewal of the Labour Party... and that means changing who's in charge"

🚨 NEW: Labour MPs and Ministers say they’ve never seen Keir Starmer so angry over the Mandelson affair Sources say Starmer will be “grappling with his conscious” this weekend [@pippacrerar]

🚨 NEW: The Government has announced 58,500 illegal migrants have now been removed or deported since Labour came to office - the highest in 10 years

🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump has formally approved the Chagos Islands deal

🚨 NEW: The Police Federation has criticised Zack Polanski for celebrating the acquittal of Palestine Action protestors who fractured a police officer's spine with a sledgehammer "Your comments risk sending a message that injury to police officers is acceptable consequence"

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer's Director of Communications has commissioned another redesign of the Government's Coat of Arms to make it more "accessible" It follows the last redesign in October 2024 (below)

🚨 NEW: MPs and peers must vote on two options to restore the Palace of Westminster 1: Fully move-out for 19–24 years (£11-15bn) 2: Phased works over 38–61 years, in which the Lords move out to a conference centre and MPs use their chamber for 2 years from 2041 (£19-39bn)

🚨 NEW: Labour MP Rachael Maskell has called for Keir Starmer to resign "We need to now move forward as a party to ensure that we can gain that support back. I don't believe we can with the PM in place - it is inevitable that the PM is going to have to step down"

🚨 NEW: Ed Davey has called for Labour MPs to trigger a no-confidence vote in Keir Starmer over Mandelson

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has apologised to the victims of Epstein for believing Peter Mandelson's "lies" "I am sorry, sorry for what this has come to... sorry for having believed Mandelson's lies and for having appointed him in the first place"

🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has announced former Tory council leader Dan Thomas will be the leader of Reform UK Wales

🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage announces former Tory Senedd member James Evans has defected to Reform

🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage says he doesn’t know how long Keir Starmer will last as Prime Minister “Indeed I’m pretty worried about it. I want him to stay forever - and when I say forever I mean until May 7th”

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will hold a speech tomorrow to say Britain is stronger as a "tolerant, decent and respectful country"

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer is reportedly in crisis talks with his senior team tonight amid speculation about Morgan McSweeney's future - reports

🚨 NEW: Donald Trump is set to approve Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal tonight Starmer offered Trump "additional security guarantees" which appear to have won him over [@Telegraph]

🚨 BREAKING: The Government has been forced to publish Peter Mandelson’s vetting for US Ambassador without a vote This covers all his messages and emails to Keir Starmer, Ministers and advisers, plus due diligence papers "Prejudicial" material will be sent to the ISC to review

🚨 WATCH: MPs shout "shame" as Rupert Lowe says "we all owe a great vote of thanks and gratitude" to Elon Musk for "exposing" the Peter Mandelson scandal

🚨 NEW: Labour MP John McDonnell says Keir Starmer should consider resigning over Mandelson "I think the decisions around Mandelson certainly pushed me over the edge... I think Keir needs to examine his own situation, certainly his own position"

🚨 CONFIRMED: The Government has now amended Keir Starmer’s amendment After a Labour backlash, the Intelligence and Security Committee will decide which of Peter Mandelson’s vetting documents are withheld on national security grounds, not the Government

🚨 NEW: The Speaker has announced the debate on Mandelson has been extended until 7pm - a further four hours - meaning there will be no votes until then

🚨 NEW: The Government is set to back down and allow the Intelligence Security Committee to oversee the release of the Peter Mandelson's vetting documents It follows a major backlash from Labour MPs, including Angela Rayner

🚨 BREAKING: Angela Rayner calls for Keir Starmer to allow the Intelligence and Security Committee to oversee the publication of Peter Mandelson's vetting documents It comes after PMQs reportedly made more Labour MPs oppose Keir Starmer’s "national security" amendment

🚨 NEW: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says “highly knowledgable” small boat migrants ask “what hotel are they staying in” when they arrive in the UK

🚨 NEW: Peter Mandelson was directly involved in helping Labour pick Labour's candidates for the 2024 general election [@kitty_donaldson]

🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch asks Keir Starmer if he was aware of Mandelson's continued relationship with Epstein after his conviction Starmer: "I am as angry as the public... Mandelson betrayed our country, our Parliament and my party... he lied... I regret appointing him" #PMQs

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has confirmed he was aware of Peter Mandelson's ongoing friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein before he was appointed US Ambassador

🚨 NEW: Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby

🚨 NEW: The Tories confirm they will table a motion tomorrow demanding the release of all Government papers linked to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US Ambassador The motion would be binding if passed with Labour MPs set to rebel and vote in favour Full text of motion below:

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has just spoken to Donald Trump

🚨 BREAKING: Peter Mandelson is now being investigated by the Met Police for alleged misconduct in public office

🚨 IN FULL: The Gorton and Denton by-election candidates 🔴 Labour - Angeliki Stogia ➡️ Reform UK - Matt Goodwin 🟢 Green Party - Hannah Spencer 🔵 Conservatives - Charlotte Cadden 🔶 Liberal Democrats - Jackie Pearcey

🚨 NEW: Gordon Brown has written to the Met Police with "information relevant" to Peter Mandelson's alleged leaking of confidential info

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has asked for legislation to strip Peter Mandelson of his Lord title as soon as possible Despite resigning from the Lords, Mandelson is set to keep his title for life

🚨 BREAKING: Peter Mandelson is to resign from the House of Lords

🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage rejects Zack Polanski's request for a one-to-one debate "I generally find that if you pick a fight with a chimney sweep you get covered in soot, so I might just leave that alone" "But he's got a fan club - all the heroin smokers and everything"

🚨 NEW: Ed Davey has called for a full public inquiry into Peter Mandelson's emails to Jeffrey Epstein "We need answers from Government as to how on earth Mandelson was appointed ambassador to the US in the first place"

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has reported Peter Mandelson to the police after discovering evidence he provided "market sensitive" leaks to Jeffrey Epstein

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has asked for legislation to remove Peter Mandelson from the Lords to be drawn up “as soon as possible”

🚨 NEW: Labour MPs are set to rebel and vote in favour of a Tory motion tomorrow mandating the disclosure of Government documents related to Peter Mandelson They say the best hope for No 10 is that the motion is "imprecisely worded" and there is no subsequent substantial disclosure

🚨 NEW: The Information Commissioner Office has opened formal investigations into X's Grok to assess whether it broke data protection rules

🚨 NEW: HMRC says 1 million people missed the January 31 self assessment tax return deadline and will now face an automatic £100 fine

🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch asks if Keir Starmer will investigate what David Lammy and Pat McFadden knew about the Mandelson scandal Both men served as Junior Ministers in Mandelson’s department during the time of his emails to Epstein

🚨 NEW: Your Party confirms it will not stand a candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election