#theguardian.com. #Feb.10.2026 ‘Keir Starmer doesn’t do anything but U-turns’: the bleak mood in Makerfield. Many in ‘red wall’ seat of Josh Simons, a staunch ally of the PM, have had enough of Labour – and its leader
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.10.2026 Starmer survives – but for how long? – podcast. Helen Pidd follows the twists and turns on Monday as the prime minister fought to keep his job
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Keir Starmer says he is ‘not prepared to walk away’ after call for resignation. PM survives day of high tension after Scots Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls for him to step down amid Peter Mandelson row
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 ‘Rayner for leader’ site proves race to succeed Starmer is well under way. Allies of leading candidates keen to tout credentials but others despair at options at top of party
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise. Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Top civil servant could become third key No 10 departure in days. Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan out the door
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 US not trying to dismantle Nato or undermine world order, says ambassador – Europe live. Matthew Whittaker, the US ambassador to Nato, responds to criticism in the Munich Security Conference report
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Revealed: ‘Rayner for leader’ site briefly went live in January. Exclusive: angelaforleader.co.uk domain also registered but MP’s team dismiss unfinished site as ‘fake’ created without her knowledge
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Keir Starmer’s director of communications Tim Allan steps down. Exclusive: Decision follows departure of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney over Peter Mandelson scandal
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 ‘Blame me’: what the UK papers say as Morgan McSweeney quits over Mandelson-Epstein scandal. British papers explore what’s next for prime minister Keir Starmer after the loss of his longtime adviser over the Mandelson-Epstein files scandal
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#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.09.2026 Hong Kong democracy champion Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison. The heavy sentence for the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder and British citizen was imposed as Beijing seeks to wipe out the city’s remaining press freedoms.
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 ‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees. Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.08.2026 For some, McSweeney resignation removes obstacle to eventual downfall of Starmer. Those pushing to oust the prime minister are unlikely to be deterred by his right-hand man’s departure
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#huffpost.com. #Feb.08.2026 Starmer's Chief Of Staff Quits Over Epstein-Tied UK Ambassador To US. Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising the British prime minister to appoint Peter Mandelson despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.08.2026 ‘The only honourable course’: Morgan McSweeney’s resignation statement in full. Keir Starmer’s chief of staff leaves job over role in Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador
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#aljazeera.com. #Feb.08.2026 UK PM’s top aide quits over Mandelson’s links to Epstein. New evidence about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has recently come to light.
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.08.2026 North of England 2040? Andy Burnham backs plan for multi-city Olympics bid. Northern leaders urge government to support proposal as Manchester mayor says a London bid ‘wouldn’t be right’
#Politics × #Sport #United Kingdom × #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.08.2026 ‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton. Labour faces a battle to hold on to its 13,000 majority, with the Greens the bookies’ favourite and Reform hoping to gain from split vote on left
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.06.2026 ‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity. Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’
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#aljazeera.com. #Feb.06.2026 UK police search Mandelson-linked properties as part of Epstein probe. Properties in London and Wiltshire searched as police investigate alleged leaks to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.06.2026 Police search two homes connected to Peter Mandelson over Epstein scandal. Properties in London and Wiltshire targeted by officers investigating alleged leaks to late child sex offender
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.06.2026 Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney ‘paid firm to investigate journalists’. Labour Together allegedly hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations
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#aljazeera.com. #Feb.06.2026 ‘It matters’: Can Bangladeshi voters in Britain impact country’s election?. For the first time, Bangladeshis abroad can vote. That's exciting many. But others can't vote — or won't.
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#aljazeera.com. #Feb.05.2026 Trump tempers criticism of UK’s Chagos Islands deal after talk with Starmer. Despite calling it earlier an ‘act of great stupidity’, Trump signals support of Starmer’s Chagos deal.
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