Keir Starmer to publish 'big batch' of Peter Mandelson files in just hours

No10 will release the first batch of files relating to Lord Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador in just hours.

Darren Jones, who serves as Sir Keir Starmer's Chief Secretary, is expected to address the House of Commons after Prime Minister's Questions.

The decision to delay the announcement until after Sir Keir's weekly Commons showdown sparked cries of "dodging questions” over the vetting process.

Another batch of documents will be released at a later date, GB News understands.

Lord Mandelson was arrested on February 23 on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

The new Labour titan, who resigned from the Labour Party last month, remains under police investigation.

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The Government approves Metropolitan Police request to ban Al Quds Day march

The Government has approved the Met's request to prohibit the Al Quds Day march on Sunday.

Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said the ban was intended to prevent "serious public disorder" as the annual march has been viewed as a pro-Iranian event, despite its organisers saying its more of a pro-Palestine demonstration.

The Met has said the request to the Government was not taken lightly and the threshold to ban a protest was high - this is the first time a protest has been banned since 2012.

Ms Mahmood has allowed for a stationary protest could take place instead, with strict restrictions applied.

'It's absolutely tragic!' Robert Jenrick likens Birmingham to 'third world country' as bin strike chaos continues

Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick has likened Birmingham to a third-world country in scathing criticism of the city's council as bin strikes enter their second year.

Today marks a year since refuse collectors in England's second-largest city performed a total walkout, leaving residents to endure rat-ridden roads with piles of rubbish piled high.

However, Mr Jenrick declared that a "big moment for change" was coming for Birmingham residents to welcome in new leadership in the city.

The Reform MP told The People's Channel it was "tragic" that residents have been forced to endure such conditions, particularly in the city's poorest regions.

He said: "I went with GB News to Birmingham around [the start of the strikes] and saw for myself the appalling state of the city. And it's such a tragedy.

"I know Birmingham very well. I grew up down the road in Wolverhampton and to see the city, particularly some of its poorest neighbourhoods, looking like a third-world country with rubbish piled up everywhere, it was absolutely tragic.

"It's got to come to an end and the failing council there has got to sort this thing out, get the trade unions round the table and bring this to a conclusion."

Labour kills off nearly 1,000 years of British history as controversial Lords plan passes

Centuries of British history are set to come to an end after a Bill was passed to kick the last hereditary peers out of the House of Lords.

Peers passed the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill after a deal was struck to offer extra spots to some of those who will lose their seats in the coming months.

Sir Tony Blair first moved to scrap hereditary peers, who inherit their titles through birthright, in 1999.

Now, Sir Keir Starmer's Government will shelve the final 92 dukes, earls, viscounts and barons.

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White House admits Keir Starmer's relationship with Donald Trump is broken in attack on 'ungrateful' Britain

The White House has ripped into Sir Keir Starmer's Britain for a "lack of gratitude" in yet another blow to the so-called "special relationship".

Speaking to GB News last night, US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a damning assessment of Britain and Europe's reliance on America.

Mr Witkoff, one of Donald Trump's negotiating duo sent around the world for crunch talks with Vladimir Putin, Israel, Hamas and Iran, was probed on whether the PM had upset the special relationship.

"Sometimes we detect that there's not that feeling of gratitude," he said.

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Keir Starmer to publish 'big batch' of Peter Mandelson files in just hours

No10 will release the first batch of files relating to Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador in just hours, a Labour minister has confirmed.

Darren Jones, who serves as Sir Keir Starmer's Chief Secretary, said "the first tranche" will be published this afternoon and he will be "giving a statement to the House at that time".

Mr Jones told Sky News: "It's a big number of documents. The Government takes its responsibility to be transparent to parliament really seriously.

"And of course, on this issue of Peter Mandelson and his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, we all have a shared interest in bringing some accountability and transparency to these these issues.

"So the first tranche will be published this afternoon. A second tranche, though, will come later because there's been further work that we've had to do across government in response to the Humble Address, which is not quite ready.

"We have two other processes that take a bit of time, given the live criminal investigation with the Metropolitan Police, and the role of the Intelligence and Security Committee in Parliament has some oversight of it."

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