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2026February › 09

Downing Street

4 months ago

The departure of the prime minister’s chief of staff signals the demise of the political project which put him in No 10. All bets are off now.

The Labour party spent 14 years in the wilderness, follow…

PM survives day of high tension after Scots Labour leader Anas Sarwar urges him to step down amid Peter Mandelson row

  • How the Downing Street machine ensured Starmer survived to fight another day

  • Exclus…

Fresh row breaks out between Wes Steeting and Downing Street after health secretary published his WhatsApp messages with Mandelson - as Scottish Labour leader calls for PM to quit

Downing Street accused Mr Streeting of co-ordinating with Anas Sarwar to call for Keir Starmer to quit over the Peter Mandelson scandal, the Health Secretary's spokesman said.
The PM's director of comms said he is leaving to allow a "new No 10 team to be built."

Gordon Brown by James Macintyre review – a very different kind of politician

A new biography reveals Brown to be a man of exceptional vision and probity – what a contrast with today’s politics

For a while, during the 13 years when Gordon Brown was at the apex of British politi…

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