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Evening Standard - Politics

Starmer: Foreign Office chief faced 'everyday pressure' to clear Mandelson

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Poor poll projections 'motivating' Scottish Conservatives – Findlay

5 hours ago

Migrants make crossing to UK after small boats deal clinched with France

5 hours ago

Independence could help Scotland's energy work for the country – Swinney

9 hours ago

Foreign Office official will not answer Mandelson vetting questions in person

6 hours ago

Highlands and Islands 'central to Scotland's prosperity' – Swinney

10 hours ago

Keir Starmer will be Prime Minister beyond this Parliament, Downing Street says

1 day ago

Trump to raise 'everything' with King, including Iran war that has hit relations

22 hours ago

Falklands tells Trump to back off over Argentina sovereignty support

13 hours ago

Swinney recalls late-night talk with wife that led to him becoming FM

16 hours ago

Labour election losses to 'make life tougher' for Mayor of London

17 hours ago

Damon Albarn backs pie and mash shop facing closure over rent hike

17 hours ago

'I want him to be proud of me' – MP running London Marathon in brother's memory

23 hours ago

Assisted dying Bill runs out of time but supporters vow fight is not over

1 day ago

No 10: Falklands sovereignty 'not in question' amid fears over US stance

1 day ago

Martin Compston joins John Swinney to warn of 'significant threat' from Reform

1 day ago

Dot Cotton actress asked for help to get assisted death, Michael Cashman says

1 day ago

'Have less fancy conferences and get in a boat', Hegseth tells UK and allies

1 day ago

Epstein 'put victims in London flats after Met failed to investigate'

1 day ago

Movement for Scottish independence 'unstoppable', says Polanski

1 day ago

Polanski calls for 'unhinged' Trump to be stripped of Scottish golf courses

1 day ago

Terminally ill 'bewildered' at failure of assisted dying Bill, says chief backer

1 day ago

Sadiq Khan: Election polls showing Labour massacre in London scare me

1 day ago

Welsh FM likens herself to canned cocktail while warning she could lose seat

1 day ago

Trump mulling US position on Falklands amid frustration with UK over Iran war

1 day ago

Martin Compston urges voters to back SNP to 'keep Farage out of Scotland'

1 day ago

Trump issues new tariff warning to UK over digital tax on tech giants

1 day ago

Trump says Prince Harry 'not speaking for UK' on Ukraine

1 day ago

Wisteria hysteria warning: 'We will take action,' says London council

1 day ago

Morgan McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Peter Mandelson

2 days ago

I want Reform to get 'absolutely pumped' in next month's election – Anas Sarwar

2 days ago

Trump says US state visit could 'absolutely' fix transatlantic relations

2 days ago

Assisted dying Bill to fall but issue not going away, say campaigners

2 days ago

Zack Polanski would back independence as Scotland 'screwed over' by Westminster

2 days ago

Iran terror threat to London: PM slams 'malign actors' after arsons

2 days ago

Ministers urged to stick to ticket tout ban amid fears of delay

1 day ago

Fact check: Free NHS prescriptions and AI small boats videos

2 days ago

Police aim to remove hundreds of migrants from French beaches under £662m deal

2 days ago

Tory politician sacked as magistrate after 'two-tier justice' claims

2 days ago

No major boost for Scottish Labour since Sarwar urged PM to quit – pollster

2 days ago

Half a million Biobank members had data listed for sale, minister says

2 days ago

Trump issues 'shoot to kill' order for boats laying mines in Strait of Hormuz

2 days ago

HMS Queen Elizabeth sails under Forth Bridge for post-maintenance sea trials

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Starmer says opponents making 'any allegation they can' over Mandelson vetting

2 days ago

Starmer faces increasing backlash from Labour ministers over Mandelson

2 days ago

Farage puts 'London mums' at heart of May elections battle

2 days ago

Rantzen: Some peers condemning generations of terminally ill to die in agony

2 days ago

Sarwar continues to 'stand by' his call for Starmer to resign as PM

2 days ago

Senior civil servant says due process followed in Peter Mandelson vetting

2 days ago

Tehran in 'weak position', says White House as Iran tightens grip on strait

2 days ago

Senior civil servant faces Mandelson questions from MPs amid 'Cabinet divisions'

2 days ago

PM hails English values of 'service, generosity, respect' on St George's Day

3 days ago

Corbyn: Why I'm supporting independents to defeat Labour in London

2 days ago

Just six small boats slashed by French police to stop crossings to UK

2 days ago

UK Government 'don't get it' over NI funding, Michelle O'Neill says

2 days ago

British man detained in India enduring 'psychological torture', say UN experts

3 days ago

Green candidate apologises for sharing 'harmful' posts about Jews

3 days ago

Swinney skipping TV debate to avoid it being 'group of blokes talking politics'

3 days ago

Greens signal free buses and childcare as price for SNP deal at Holyrood

3 days ago

Starmer's agreement to meet is 'significant' step, say Chinook crash bereaved

3 days ago