The Tory leader thinks she has masterminded the PM’s series of crises. You could put her on a fairground ride and she would still think she was in control of where she was going

In interviews with community leaders, lawyers, security specialists and bereaved relatives, the Guardian pieces together how an operation targeting a criminal gang left 122 people dead last October

Exclusive: angelaforleader.co.uk domain also registered but MP’s team dismiss unfinished site as ‘fake’

The same cabinet ministers who failed to speak up for the PM in the morning were soon offering their undying support

Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%. Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above the standard 5% cap from April have been accepted by ministers. Continue reading...

Prime minister addresses parliamentary Labour party amid Mandelson scandal fallout

Health secretary publishes messages as he seeks to draw line under his relationship with former peer

Mountbatten-Windsor suspected of forwarding reports to child sex offender when he was government trade envoy

Sarwar said to be furious Starmer’s repeated mistakes have heavily damaged Scottish support before May elections

Mountbatten-Windsor suspected of forwarding reports to child sex offender when he was government trade envoy

Exclusive: Decision follows departure of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney over Peter Mandelson scandal

Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five years

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Starmer’s chief of staff, who has quit over Mandelson appointment, was accused of presiding over a toxic No 10

McSweeney, who masterminded landslide 2024 election win, resigns as PM’s chief of staff after Mandelson revelations

Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters

Exclusive: Sasan Ghandehari reluctant to share details of $10bn trust in row with Christie’s auction house

Files suggest David Stern was Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘man in the palace’, passing messages to the former prince until 2019

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