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Keir Starmer was wrong to sack Olly Robbins | Brief letters
Brief letters: Civil service strain | Westminster bubble | Better than Nigel Farage | Andy Burnham’s chance

Global Counsel, lobbying firm set up by Mandelson, went bust owing £4.5m just before his arrest – as it happened
Firm went bust in February amid fallout from the scandal over Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein

Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel went bust owing £4.6m, report says
Consultancy that advised TikTok, Palantir and GSK collapsed amid fallout over former minister’s links to Jeffrey Epstein

Olly Robbins refused to give Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little
In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office top civil servant disputes that her department suggested vetting might not be needed

Cat Little’s evidence to MPs is destined for civil service textbooks | John Crace
The Cabinet Office permanent secretary’s 100 minutes before the foreign affairs committee will be required viewing

Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting
Karl Turner, who lost Labour whip after criticising PM, calls for privileges committee to examine if Starmer misled parliament

In Peter Mandelson evidence, Cat Little had the best weapon: an audit trail
Where Olly Robbins relied on recollections, Cabinet Office’s top civil servant was at pains to link her account to paper trail

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga
Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of appointment

‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage
Savitha Prakash, a first-generation immigrant running in local elections in Harrow, says Reform UK aims to ‘put Britain first’



