Politics

And they’re off! Bridget Phillipson was first away in her two-horse race with Lucy Powell in the Labour deputy leadership stakes. Facing a rival who was sacked from the government nine days earlier, the education secretary said the deputy leader should be a cabinet minister, as Angela Rayner was. Launching her campaign at The Fire…

If you want to know why so many Labour MPs are seething over the government’s response to the Mandelson saga, look no further than my mobile phone at 9.12am this Sunday. At the top of the screen is a news notification about an interview with the family of a victim of the notorious paedophile Jeffrey…

A senior Labour MP has written to the foreign secretary demanding answers about the vetting process for UK diplomats in the wake of Peter Mandelson’s sacking as US ambassador. Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, has outlined a series of questions in a letter to Yvette Cooper about the appointment of Lord…

👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 He may have described himself as a “fighter not a quitter”, but even Peter Mandelson couldn’t survive new and lurid revelations about his relationship with convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. The ultimate political animal, Lord Mandelson was no stranger to scandal – having twice been…

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “lying to the whole country” about what he knew regarding Peter Mandelson’s correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelson was this week stripped of his position as ambassador to the US amid fresh scrutiny over his years-long friendship with the convicted paedophile. The prime minister initially defended the…

The number of roadworks in Britain has more than doubled in the past two years – and frustrated drivers are more likely than ever to get stuck behind temporary traffic lights. Exclusive data obtained by Sky News reveals there were 425,524 miles of roadworks across the UK last year. That’s enough to stretch around the…

A man has been charged after a major fire at an MP’s constituency office. Joshua Oliver, 28, has been charged with arson after a blaze at the office of Labour MP Sharon Hodgson, at Vermont House in Washington, Tyne and Wear. The fire also wrecked a charity base and an NHS mental health service for…

The question being asked everywhere today is “how did it happen”? Because the vibe out of Downing Street this morning seems to be that nobody anywhere did anything wrong, processes were followed, and everything went by the book.  But can they really, honestly, believe that? To recap, the reason that everyone is asking is to…

Peers are being urged to approach the upcoming assisted dying debate in the House of Lords with “care and compassion”, as a record number are expected to contribute to the discussion on the issue. The debate centres on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted dying under specific circumstances….

Jeffrey Epstein was always an issue for Peter Mandelson.  Well before the revelations of this week, the Epstein cloud hung over him and he knew it. Back in May, Sky News was offered a chance to speak to him. He’d just finished a speech at an event in Washington and his communications team had suggested…