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Government confirms Peter Mandelson failed developed security vetting for US Ambassador role, but Foreign Office overruled it. Sir Keir Starmer says he was not aware until this week, sparking fresh accusations he misled Parliament and growing calls for his resignation.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called for Keir Starmer’s immediate resignation after it emerged Lord Peter Mandelson failed security vetting for US Ambassador but was appointed anyway. Farage accused the Prime Minister of lying to Parliament.
Lord Peter Mandelson failed developed security vetting for the US ambassador role, but the Foreign Office overruled security services to push through the appointment. Sir Keir Starmer told Parliament “full due process” was followed — now accused of misleading the House.
Reform UK’s Suella Braverman has slammed Chancellor Rachel Reeves after the IMF warned the UK is set to see the sharpest tax rises of any developed nation, pushing the tax burden to 42.1% of GDP by 2030 and leaving Britons facing a £4,000 hike in bills.
The historic Metropole Hotel in Blackpool – which first opened in 1785 – will stop housing asylum seekers in July and return to tourism use, with a Labour MP calling it the end of the town’s “migration scandal” while Reform UK warns the Government is simply moving the problem elsewhere.
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to use Henry VIII powers to reimpose EU food and drink laws has been “blown out the water” by new OECD data showing Britain’s economy has suffered no “deep damage” from Brexit and remains the EU’s second-largest.
Migrant smugglers have begun launching small boats from Belgian beaches for the first time, bypassing France’s tough new crackdown on Channel crossings, with 17 launches already recorded this year compared to just two per year previously.
Labour has been accused of “bankrolling” the education of more EU students than British ones after agreeing to rejoin the Erasmus+ scheme at a cost of up to £8.75 billion, prompting fresh claims of a Brexit betrayal.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to make facilitating false asylum claims a strict liability criminal offence punishable by up to two years in jail, targeting “sham lawyers” who coach illegal migrants to pretend to be gay in order to stay in Britain.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visited Crowborough today to meet residents and supporters after hundreds of asylum seekers were quietly transferred to the town’s military barracks, sparking furious local protests and national security concerns.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has promised “sham lawyers” helping migrants fake gay asylum claims will face the full force of the law after a BBC undercover investigation exposed systematic abuse of the system by legal advisers charging thousands for fabricated evidence.
Spirit Energy is closing its Aberdeen headquarters by the end of the year, putting around 100 jobs at risk as the firm restructures to focus on Net Zero carbon capture projects amid Labour’s green energy push that sidelines North Sea drilling.