Keir Starmer's speech on funding for deprived area has been overshadowed by the explosive row over Peter Mandelson's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Follow below for all the latest updates

Sir Keir Starmer is betraying Brexit by nudging Britain towards ever-closer political and economic union with the EU, writes Giles Sheldrick.

Trade unions are threatening to withdraw support from government and unite against prime minister

Keir Starmer is in the middle of his worst crisis yet following further damaging revelations about Peter Mandelson’s friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Emails released by the US government revealed the depth of Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein and confirmed that it continued after Epstein’s conviction in 2008.

SIR Keir Starmer is losing his grip on power, and talk is now turning to who could replace him should he be sent to the knacker’s yard. There is no obvious successor waiting in the wings ready to

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's appointment of Peter Mandelson as Britain's ambassador to the United States was once hailed as an inspired move to deploy a master of the "dark arts" of politics to manage relations with Donald Trump.

Labour MPs agree that Sir Keir Starmer has suffered his worst week yet in Downing Street, following his admission that he appointed Lord Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US despite knowing about the peer’s long-standing friendship with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.