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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: It would be detrimental to the country if the prime minister were to be bowled out of office so soon after winning a historic election. For all the setbacks, he must come out fighting

Editorial: 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.

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

Allies hope aide’s departure can quell anger over Mandelson scandal but others say it leaves PM dangerously exposed

The political storm surrounding Prime Minister Keir Starmer intensified on Sunday after it emerged that Lord Peter Mandelson received a five-figure, taxpayer-funded exit payment following his dismissal as Britain’s ambassador to the United States. This payment is now being reviewed following the latest revelations in the Epstein files.

Longtime aide has said he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising PM to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Downing Street says PM will be ‘out and about’ in the coming week ‘making the case for why [his] government is delivering for working people’

IN FOCUS: Keir Starmer’s premiership has lurched between crises, but his handling of the Mandelson scandal could prove to be fatal. Kate Devlin and David Maddox hear from Labour MPs who are furious about this week’s events, and fearful for the future

Campaigners welcome criminalisation of non-consensual AI-generated explicit images but say law does not go far enough