Former top civil servant gives evidence to MPs on Mandelson vetting ahead of critical vote for Starmer – UK politics live

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Philip Barton gives evidence to foreign affairs committee, with Morgan McSweeney due later this morning, ahead of vote this afternoon Q: Where you ever asked your view about appointing Peter Mandelson?Barton says he was first...

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What is the latest Palestine Action court case – and what is at stake?

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Government appeal against high court ruling could have implications for right to protest and lead to other groups being proscribedThe home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, will have her appeal against the high court ruling that the...

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Keir Starmer to face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs – UK politics live

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Morgan McSweeney among those giving evidence to foreign affairs committee ahead of Commons vote Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important skill in politics is knowing how to...

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It’s time MPs levelled with us: Britain is already at war, and we’ll need to do two things to survive it | Gaby Hinsliff

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Cyber-attacks, disinformation and blockading of supplies. This is what living in a war zone can look like nowWe are at war. Four words that sound ludicrously melodramatic on a sunny spring day, when all may not be exactly right...

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Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

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‘Critical debate’ about party’s identity and direction looms if it loses control of Senedd next month after 27 years in powerWelsh Labour is the democratic world’s most successful election-winning...

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