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• Battersea developers cut their affordable housing commitment

  25-06-2017 16:04
  Local council agrees to 250 fewer affordable homes on the site leaving total at 386
  
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• Rushing Brexit reset deal risks costing British farmers, Starmer told

  05-02-2026 01:01
  MP says such an agreement would come with trade-offs
  
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• Starmer engulfed in leadership speculation as he backtracks over Mandelson papers

  04-02-2026 20:55
  PM agrees to parliamentary oversight of release of documents about peer’s appointment as ambassador to US
  
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• Farage calls for EU to probe Mandelson’s time in Brussels

  04-02-2026 20:01
  Reform UK leader claims former trade commissioner may have misused his position for personal gain
  
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• Britain’s inequitable student loan system

  04-02-2026 19:37
  Graduate discontent is growing over their repayment terms
  
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• UK delays worker protections against ‘fire and rehire’ practices

  04-02-2026 19:06
  Government consulting on softening the impact of new laws on employers
  
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• British companies set to gain access to €90bn EU loan for Ukraine

  04-02-2026 17:28
  Countries led by Germany and Netherlands overcome French opposition to UK participation in Brussels schemes
  
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• Reform councillor steps down as head of Kent’s cost-cutting drive

  04-02-2026 15:25
  Efficiencies chief had previously told FT no services were cut in apparent contradiction of party’s claim of vast waste
  
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• Starmer admits he was warned about picking Mandelson as US ambassador

  04-02-2026 14:05
  Pressure on prime minister mounts as Tories push for publication of all messages relating to appointment
  
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• Britain can’t ignore Europe and China at the same time

  04-02-2026 14:00
  Tory criticism of Sir Keir Starmer’s foreign policy shows the party is unserious
  
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• Pressure grows on Starmer’s chief of staff over Mandelson ambassador appointment

  04-02-2026 13:06
  Multiple MPs in Labour Party question Morgan McSweeney’s judgment as revelations shake Westminster
  
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• How to get England building more homes, not ‘bat tunnels’

  04-02-2026 10:30
  Croydon’s surge in development on small sites shows how a rules-based system can unlock housebuilding
  
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• Police investigate Mandelson over claims he leaked information to Epstein

  04-02-2026 08:32 via bbc.com
  The former Labour minister faces allegations of misconduct in public office when he was business secretary.
  
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• Inside Reform: Laura Kuenssberg follows Farage's party as it experiences the glare of scrutiny

  04-02-2026 06:58 via bbc.com
  The BBC has spent time interviewing senior figures and witnessing Reform's work at the largest council it runs.
  
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• Court system on 'brink of collapse', former senior judge warns

  04-02-2026 05:28 via bbc.com
  An independent review made 130 recommendations - including creating a new criminal justice adviser to the PM - to improve the efficiency of the system.
  
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• Ban on phones in schools backed by House of Lords

  04-02-2026 04:15 via bbc.com
  The move comes just weeks after peers supported legislation to ban under-16s in the UK from social media.
  
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• Chris Mason: Mandelson revelations a scandal on another level

  04-02-2026 03:14 via bbc.com
  Sir Keir Starmer's decision to send Lord Mandelson to Washington a year ago gives this row political salience, the BBC's political editor writes.
  
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• Use more AI and video hearings to fix English courts system, report says

  04-02-2026 01:01
  UK government is grappling with unprecedented backlog of 80,000 criminal cases
  
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• NHS drugs deal with US to cost £1bn over next three years

  04-02-2026 01:01
  Science minister Patrick Vallance says Department of Health will fund the extra spending out of its existing budget
  
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• Police launch criminal investigation into Mandelson over Epstein scandal

  03-02-2026 20:24
  Peer provided convicted sex offender with sensitive UK government information while a minister, emails show
  
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• Mandelson faces criminal investigation over Epstein scandal

  03-02-2026 20:24
  Peer provided convicted sex offender with sensitive UK government information while a minister, emails show
  
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• Birmingham City Council says it is no longer ‘bankrupt’

  03-02-2026 20:16
  The announcement, ahead of a council election in May, caps years of funding cuts and asset sales
  
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• 'Finally got him to go today': Mandelson's emails to Epstein on Gordon Brown

  03-02-2026 17:24 via bbc.com
  Emails released by the US appear to shed new light on the dying days of Gordon Brown's government.
  
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• Mandelson quits House of Lords

  03-02-2026 16:03
  Peer gave sex offender Jeffrey Epstein access to UK government decision-making while serving in cabinet
  
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• Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm tells clients his stake is nearly divested

  03-02-2026 15:09
  Peer has been the subject of revelations that he passed on confidential government information to Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• EU has 'open mind' on UK customs union debate, says commissioner

  03-02-2026 12:24 via bbc.com
  Valdis Dombrovskis says the EU is willing to engage with Britain amid mounting global uncertainty.
  
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• Mandelson row hits Starmer already at rock bottom

  03-02-2026 10:40
  Morgan McSweeney could be forced out over misjudgment, raising stakes for PM’s survival
  
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• Starmer seeks to push forward with delayed defence investment plan

  03-02-2026 06:00
  Meeting convened by UK prime minister comes as officials examine ways of overriding multi-billion pound funding gap
  
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• No, the public is not irredeemably ignorant

  03-02-2026 06:00
  But there is a disconnect between economists’ metrics and people’s perceptions
  
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• Arbitration for divorces in England and Wales doubles in two years

  03-02-2026 06:00
  Couples who split up increasingly seek to reach financial settlement outside overburdened court system
  
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