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Sir Keir Starmer is set to appoint Dame Antonia Romeo as his most senior civil servant, making her Britain’s first female Cabinet Secretary. The Home Office permanent secretary will replace Sir Chris Wormald, who quit on Monday, as part of a shake-up in the Prime Minister’s top team, which was triggered by the resignation of Morgan McSweeney, the former chief ...

Sir Chris Wormald has been forced out as the head of the Civil Service and cabinet secretary. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who only appointed Sir Chris to the role in December 2024, said he was grateful “for the support he has given me over the past year”. The Cabinet Office said the move was “by mutual agreement” but it ...

King Charles has made his first intervention in the Epstein scandal, saying Buckingham Palace is ready to support the police as they consider allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. “The King has made clear, in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concern at allegations which continue to come to light in respect of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s conduct,” a Palace spokesman said. “While ...

Cabinet ministers have rallied around Sir Keir Starmer after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called on the prime minister to quit. In a dramatic press conference, Sarwar said the situation in Downing Street was “not good enough” and that “too many mistakes” had been made at the top of government. However, just as Sarwar began to speak, a flurry of ...

Keir Starmer was facing renewed calls to sack his most senior adviser on Friday as Downing Street braced itself for another round of leadership speculation when the files relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador are published. The Labour MP for Stroud, Simon Opher, added his voice to those calling for the departure of Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan ...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved out of his Royal Lodge home and is now residing on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Removal vehicles and skips were seen photographed arriving the Windsor property today as it was made clear that the former Prince had already vacated. The move was first reported by the Sun newspaper last night, who said that Andrew left ...

Sir Keir Starmer believes Lord Mandelson should not be a member of the House of Lords, or use his title, Downing Street has said. The prime minister has ordered an “urgent” investigation into Lord Mandelson’s contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while the peer was a government minister. The review comes after another tranche of documents were released, showing the ...

Lord Mandelson says he has resigned his membership of the Labour Party as he does not want to “cause further embarrassment” by his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The former cabinet minister, who was sacked as US ambassador last year because of his past connections to Epstein, appeared in the latest release of files by the US ...

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday that the UK has a “huge amount to offer” China, after his attempts to forge closer ties prompted warnings from US President Donald Trump. The first visit to China by a British prime minister in eight years, Starmer’s trip follows in the footsteps of other Western leaders looking to counter an increasingly volatile ...

Flooding and travel disruption from Storm Chandra has continued, after the third named storm of the year lashed the country with heavy wind and rain on Tuesday. More than 100 flood warnings are in place across the UK, with yellow warnings for ice in force across much of the country during the morning rush hour. People have been told to ...