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As the political drama over Peter Mandelson spills into the Commons – with another climbdown and a damaging revelation – it raises the bigger question: How secure is the Sir Keir Starmer premiership?
With some MPs calling for Sir Keir to go – along with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney – pressure is mounting over the stark confession that the prime minister knew about Mandelson’s continuing relationship with Jeffrey Epstein before he was appointed the UK’s ambassador to the US.
Elsewhere, has Andy Burnham actually improved his leadership chances by being barred from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election?
Plus, Sam and Anne gauge the mood in the Labour Party to figure out what happens next to the prime minister.
