One senior government source said ‘there is a sense that it’s over now’ as Starmer loyalists distance themselves from the scandal

Watch live as top civil servant Cat Little appears before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, 23 April,facing further scrutiny over the vetting process to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.

Emma McDaniel’s father Mark Talbot exited her life when she was just eight months old

Labour mayor says he is ‘really frustrated’ about Mandelson scandal’s impact on London’s doorsteps

Disabled households have a combined estimated contribution to the economy of more than £440bn per year

Athena Stavrou joins campaigners in Zack Polanski’s home borough of Hackney, where the Greens are confident they can make a dent in Labour’s domination of the capital

With Keir Starmer under pressure from the deepening Mandelson vetting scandal, chief political commentator John Rentoul is here to answer your questions and offer his insight from Westminster

London commuters may need to change their travel plans ahead of the action

Hospitality workers in the capital have seen a drop in footfall as customers are forced to work from home due to the strikes

A Labour MP has refused to be drawn on whether he has confidence in the prime minister as he said there is “definitely a question about the future of the Labour party”.

The party has announced a string of education policies ahead of St George’s Day

Police said Jean-Pierre Francis used ‘everyday technology’ to violate the privacy of his victims

The Order of the Garter is celebrated annually with a traditional procession and service held within the grounds of Windsor Castle

The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said “we will not allow criminal gangs to profit from children’s unimaginable suffering”

Some of UK funding for French police will be conditional on success in stopping Channel crossings

It comes amid aims to increase the amount of investment in the UK, which it is hoped will lead to economic growth

Exclusive: Kemi Badenoch says the ‘whole thing stinks’ and suggests that the PM would have misled MPs if the claims were true

The Prime Minister also hailed ‘service, generosity, and respect’ as three key English values

A total of nine arrests have been made in relation to the alleged conspiracy

Temperatures are expected to soar from Thursday

Afghans found eligible for relocation to the UK as a result of their previous work alongside the British are no longer being helped to flee the Taliban-run country, lawyers say

The error had ‘grave and unintended tax consequences’

Energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen says Europe faces a ‘very serious crisis’

Sir Keir Starmer faced a grilling in the House of Commons at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (22 April) amid the ongoing fallout over the vetting of Lord Peter Mandelson.

The poll surveyed over 2,000 young people to draw its results

Chancellor says Middle East crisis is ‘not our war, but it is pushing up bills for families and businesses’

A 140mph pursuit ended with a drug driver's BMW 3 Series going airborne over a roundabout in Yorkshire.

Education minister Olivia Bailey told the Commons that a consultation was the way forward

Christopher Trybus was alleged to have strangled Tarryn Baird and isolated her from her family

In October 2022, Janet Fordham flew to Ghana to meet a man who she was romantically linked to

Michael Godwin died in November and his body has been with the undertaker ever since

Family-run petrol stations are suffering significantly as fuel theft rises by nearly 30 per cent

Starmer’s right-hand man was considered the driving force behind Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador

British International Investment has shortcomings in its approach to supporting the world’s most marginalised communities, new report claims

Brooke Wiggins died days before her 13th birthday on November 9 2024 in Banstead, Surrey

Calls for an inquiry as Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accuses PM of delivering ‘cronyism and an old boy’ club’

Details on what issues were flagged during the vetting process remain unclear

Lord Sedwill says the sacked Foreign Office chief ‘shouldered his responsibilities rather than shunting them’

Starmer has found himself standing in the courtroom of public opinion, battling to save a threadbare case, says political editor David Maddox

Our community is divided on the smoking ban, balancing support for its public health aims with concerns over personal freedom, fairness between generations and how enforceable the policy will be

Westminster watchers have had their popcorn out over the last 24 hours.

Damien Egan’s visit was put on hold for five months after claims of intimidation by pro-Palestine activists

Donna Vale had her own headphones at home, but did not bring them into work

The Independent donates £20,000 in advertising to help amplify WaterAid’s message and reach new audiences

The Greens and Reform are both set to eat into Labour’s London vote, putting Sir Keir Starmer’s party on course for significant losses in the capital

Michail Antonio is facing the prospect of being banned from driving

‘If people arrive in a state of undress, we’ll ask them to put on some clothes and to find out more about wildlife,’ organisers said

Volunteers had not expected a puffin count as high as the one they had found

The Iran war has sent inflation higher again and interest rates could yet follow

Values in the capital fell for the seventh consecutive month

‘Moments like this will remain with me forever,’ guide says after ‘very rare’ discovery

Hundreds of thousands of people are missing out on an average of £855