Politics

Sir Keir Starmer has defended his decision to sack Olly Robbins over the vetting process for Peter Mandelson - saying the senior civil servant only faced the "everyday pressure of government".

On Friday, Keir Starmer's circle gathered at his country retreat of Chequers to wargame the coming weeks for a prime minister whose future is on the line.

Can the Lib Dem tortoise outrun the populist hare? For those around Sir Ed Davey, the answer is yes.

Zack Polanski is on walkabout in Manchester with Hannah Spencer, the Greens' newest MP.

Sir Keir Starmer's decision to sack Olly Robbins put a "nuclear bomb" under the Mandelson scandal, Harriet Harman has said.