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‘Staggering’ I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says Starmer

Lord Mandelson was announced as the UK's ambassador to the US in December 2024, before in-depth vetting had been carried out.He formally took up...

Starmer won’t resign over Mandelson vetting row, senior minister tells BBC – live updates

Renewed anger at government over Mandelson's appointmentpublished at 06:50 BST06:50 BST Image source, PA MediaThe top civil servant in...

Top Foreign Office official Olly Robbins to leave post after Mandelson vetting row

Sir Olly, who has held a number of senior Civil Service roles and served as Theresa May's chief Brexit negotiator, was appointed permanent under-secretary...

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms

Fracking has been going on in the British oil and gas sector for decades and largely flew under the political radar until about 2010,...

Government plans to overhaul asylum appeals system

The government is planning an overhaul of the asylum appeals system, as it tries to cut the number of migrants staying in hotels while...

Pub and travel bans proposed in sentencing overhaul

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said widening the range of sentencing options short of prison time was part of Labour's plan to cut crime and...

Nigel Farage pledges to deport small boat asylum seekers

The government faces growing pressure over immigration, with a record 111,000 asylum applications made to the UK during the year to June. Figures released...

Home Office seeks to appeal against court ruling on asylum hotel

She said the government were working to do it "as part of an orderly, planned and sustained programme that avoids simply creating problems for...

Crackdown on people wrongly claiming child benefit abroad

A team of 15 investigators stopped around £17m being incorrectly paid out in less than 12 months.From next month, more than 200 people will...

UK’s third-largest steelworks collapses into government control

One of the creditors, Ryan Perkins for Greensill Capital, argued UK steel-making would be better served if the company's assets were sold off with...

Number of asylum seekers in hotels up 8% in past year, but falls slightly since March, new data shows

Record asylum applications - but government is processing them fasterpublished at 10:12 British Summer Time10:12 BSTDominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent ...

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