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    "'He needs to go!' Zia Yusuf tears into Keir Starmer's 'cold-blooded' leadership",
    "Police search Lord Mandelson's homes as part of Jeffrey Epstein investigation",
    "'We can't go on like this!' Keir Starmer handed brutal takedown while Labour 'feathers own nest'",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nEx-Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has told friends that she warned Sir Keir Starmer not to appoint Lord Mandelson as the UK's Ambassador to the US.\n\nMs Rayner, who resigned from the Cabinet just months before Lord Mandelson was unveiled as Sir Keir's top man in Washington, is said to have privately warned the Prime Minister that appointing Lord Mandelson would be a mistake due to his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSir Keir has been accused of ignoring Ms Rayner's advice after believing Lord Mandelson \"barely knew\" Epstein, The Times has reported.\n\nMs Rayner's allies made the claims after the Prime Minister told Labour MPs at Chequers that he would carry on and “rise to the challenge” of winning over the public.\n\n**_MORE TO FOLLOW..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * 'He needs to go!' Zia Yusuf tears into Keir Starmer's 'cold-blooded' leadership\n  * Police search Lord Mandelson's homes as part of Jeffrey Epstein investigation\n  * 'We can't go on like this!' Keir Starmer handed brutal takedown while Labour 'feathers own nest'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Angela Rayner told Keir Starmer 'not to appoint Lord Mandelson' as PM braces for No10 coup"
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