Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Tony Blair

Repeated warnings and a £75,000 payout: Five key points from the Mandelson files

The Prime Minister was repeatedly warned about the ‘reputational risk’ of hiring the peer

Evening Standard

Mandelson files unpacked: What was actually in the 147-page release?

From warnings over the ‘reputational risk’ posed by Lord Mandelson’s appointment to a £75,000 taxpayer-funded payout – here is everything you need to know from the first release of documents

The Independent UK

UK Set to Release First Mandelson Files: Revisiting Epstein Friendship That Ended Ambassador Role

The documents are expected to explain how Mandelson's appointment was approved in 2024 despite public knowledge of his past connection to Epstein.

International Business Times UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Home secretary says asylum overhaul is rooted in ‘Labour values’ – what are those values?

The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says that her plans to overhaul the asylum system are rooted in “Labour values”. The proposals include removing government support for some asylum seekers and limiting initial refugee status from five years to 30 months.

The Conversation

Tony Blair warns digital IDs ‘cannot be another failed government IT project’ as Labour tries to save plan

The former prime minister’s think tank said the government must avoid ‘drowning in process’ to secure public trust

The Independent UK

So Badenoch, Farage and Blair think the Iran war is a great idea? Hmm …

Kemi may be all in favour, but at least economic realpolitik is forcing her to take a slightly different tack

The Guardian - UK

How to watch 'Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns' online – stream the documentary from anywhere

The BBC documentary revisits the campaign that followed the 1996 Dunblane school shooting, showing how bereaved families helped force a UK handgun ban. Here’s where to stream it, plus what to do if you’re traveling.

Tom’s Guide

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Britons don’t want any part of Trump’s war fixation – the sooner Labour realises that the better

Kowtowing to US foreign policy in Iraq and Afghanistan had disastrous consequences. Why are leaders making the same mistake again, asks Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Voices: ‘Starmer has played this well’: Readers back PM as Trump and Blair pile pressure over Iran

YOUR VIEWS: Independent readers largely backed Sir Keir Starmer standing up to Donald Trump over Iran, with many warning Britain must not repeat the mistakes of Iraq

The Independent UK

Iran-US war latest: Trump claims conflict will be over soon but US hasn’t ‘won enough’ yet

Trump claimed US has ‘already won in many ways’ and its military objectives are ‘pretty well complete’

The Independent UK

Cherie Blair says women ‘not foolish’ to distrust AI but it can be better used

The barrister and wife of former prime minister Tony Blair said many businesswomen are currently just experimenting with AI.

Evening Standard

Starmer has little to fear from Trump’s latest broadside on Iran

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Both Donald Trump and Tony Blair have said that Keir Starmer should have engaged more with the US in its attack on Iran, but he will find favour with the public for concentrating solely on Britain’s national interest

The Independent UK

Starmer may be right not to wade into Trump’s war in Iran – but has proven to be a prisoner of his own MPs

NEWS ANALYSIS: In fighting to saving his premiership, the PM is less able to lead even when he does the right thing, writes political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK

Trump talks with Starmer on US forces using UK bases just hours after accusing him of joining Iran war 'late'

The US president and Prime Minister spoke by phone after days of clashing over the Iran war

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Labour MPs urge Starmer to ‘stick to what we believe is right’ in face of Trump fury over Iran

It comes as Yvette Cooper has also hit back at criticism of Starmer from Tony Blair, telling the former PM: ‘We have to learn the lessons from Iraq’

The Independent UK

Tony Blair says UK ‘should have backed Trump’ in Iran from the start

IN FULL

The Independent UK

Blair sparks row with Starmer after claiming UK ‘should have backed Trump from the beginning’ in Iran

The former prime minister told a private event that Labour ‘had better show up’ for Washington

The Guardian - UK

Cooper rejects Blair’s call for UK to have backed Trump’s strikes on Iran

Foreign secretary hits back at former prime minister, saying Britain had to ‘learn the lessons’ of Iraq war

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper says UK will not ‘outsource’ foreign policy amid row with Trump

Sir Keir Starmer’s decision not to grant permission for the first wave of military action prompted a raft of criticism from the US president.

The Conversation

How lessons from Iraq are shaping Starmer’s Iran response

When Keir Starmer briefed the House of Commons on the situation in Iran, the UK’s prime minister ended with a clear message: “We all remember the mistakes of Iraq, and we have learned those lessons.”

Fortune

The President is surprised by the lack of European support for military action against Iran—he shouldn't be

With Iraq’s legacy still lingering and a changing America in view, Europe is no longer willing to fall in line behind Washington’s wars—even when allies expect it.

The Conversation

Iran is putting pressure on the US-UK ‘special relationship’ – but it has survived worse over the years

The so-called “special relationship” between the UK and the US appears to be at its lowest ebb for decades. As he sat alongside the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, at a White House press call on March 3, Donald Trump bitterly criticised Keir Starmer for his refusal to let the US…

The Independent UK

The wars the UK has fought alongside the US – and when Britain has refused

IN FOCUS: Harry Cockburn reports on how 80 years of the 'special relationship' have informed international conflict, after Donald Trump lashed out at the British prime minister

Euronews

'No to war': Sánchez reaffirms Spain's stance against Trump's Iran offensive

The Spanish prime minister has hit back at Donald Trump's announcement that he will block trade with Spain due to Madrid's reluctance to take part in the US offensive against Iran and allow the US use of the Rota and Morón bases.

The Times of India

‘I’m not happy with UK’: Donald Trump criticizes Keir Starmer over military access

President Trump has sharply criticized UK Prime Minister Starmer for initially withholding UK bases for US strikes on Iran, stating the "special relationship" has weakened. Starmer later agreed to limited defensive use of two bases after a UK base in Cyprus was attacked. The UK emphasizes acting on a legal…

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.