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Labour plans policy blitz as Mandelson urges Starmer’s party to ‘raise its sights’

Sir Keir Starmer will announce a series of new policies in the coming months, allies of the Labour leader said after party grandee Lord Mandelson called for the party to “raise its sights”. Former minister Lord Mandelson, one of the architects of ...

08 Jun 2022 at 17:27

Lord Mandelson: ‘Dark lord’ of New Labour strikes back as UK ambassador to US

Lord Peter Mandelson has made a career of comebacks – from spin doctor to returning to cabinet after quitting twice – and is back again as Britain’s ambassador to the US. It marks the first political appointment to the UK’s top diplomatic post ...

20 Dec 2024 at 18:08

Chancellor jokes about Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s weight in Budget speech

As he presented the last Budget before a general election, Jeremy Hunt took the opportunity to poke fun at the Labour leader’s weight and his deputy’s “multiple homes”. In addition to announcing a range of tax reforms, the Chancellor’s speech ...

06 Mar 2024 at 16:43

Labour should win over ‘up for grabs’ rural communities, Mandelson warns

The Labour Party should focus on winning over “up for grabs” rural communities, Lord Mandelson has warned. The former minister said the countryside “does not belong to the Conservative Party” and that he wants the party to make it a “real ...

06 Jun 2023 at 16:46

Mandelson an ‘asset’ to UK-US ties, No 10 says after Trump ally jibe

Downing Street has rejected suggestions that Lord Mandelson becoming the UK’s ambassador to the US will cause more problems than benefits for the UK after he was insulted by a Donald Trump adviser. Number 10 defended the Labour grandee ...

23 Dec 2024 at 13:41

Starmer: I would not have appointed Mandelson ‘had I known then what I know now’

Sir Keir Starmer said he would never have appointed Lord Peter Mandelson as the ambassador to the US if he had known the full extent of his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The Prime Minister sacked Lord ...

15 Sept 2025 at 15:26

Sir Tony Blair was warned about ‘flawed’ Horizon system, document reveals

Sir Tony Blair was warned the IT system at the centre of the Post Office scandal was “flawed” before it was rolled out, a document shows. The warning appears in a memo written to the former prime minister by special adviser ...

12 Jan 2024 at 23:00

UK must move on from economic ‘doom loop’ of underinvestment – Lord Mandelson

The UK needs to transform itself into a high investment economy to shift out of its low growth “doom loop”, one of the architects of New Labour has said. Lord Mandelson, one of the key figures in transforming the Labour ...

11 Oct 2024 at 10:33

Farage willing to work with Lord Mandelson to secure Trump trade deal

Nigel Farage has said he would be willing to help incoming ambassador to the US Lord Mandelson negotiate with the Trump administration. Labour peer Lord Mandelson has indicated he believes the Reform UK leader, a ...

24 Dec 2024 at 23:24

Trump tariffs an early challenge for new ambassador Mandelson

British steel exports to the US will be hit with 25% tariffs under Donald Trump’s plans as the UK’s new ambassador to Washington, Lord Mandelson, said people must respect the president’s “strong and clear ...

11 Feb 2025 at 13:02

UK must respect Trump’s mandate but can share views privately, Mandelson says

Britain must respect Donald Trump’s “strong and clear mandate for change,” Lord Peter Mandelson has said, amid questions over how the UK will respond to global tariffs threatened by the White House. The ...

10 Feb 2025 at 23:11

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Trump took ‘huge interest’ in Northern Ireland, deputy First Minister says

US President Donald Trump took “a huge amount of interest in Northern Ireland”, deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said. Mr Trump met Ms Little-Pengelly, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons ...

12 Mar 2025 at 20:24

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