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Education secretary and Manchester MP are only candidates to clear threshold to enter party members’ ballot No 10’s pick for Labour deputy leader, Bridget Phillipson, will face off against the ousted cabinet minister Lucy Powell in a race widely seen as a referendum for party members on the direction of Keir Starmer’s leadership.With Downing Street in turmoil after the sacking of the US ambassador, Peter Mandelson, Powell clinched enough nominations to take her over the threshold to enter the ballot of Labour members. Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the leftwing Labour MP, failed to make the cut-off. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/11/phillipson-and-powell-confirmed-as-final-contenders-in-labour-deputy-race

PM and foreign secretary were nowhere is sight as hapless Stephen Doughty faced the Commons over Peter MandelsonUK politics live – latest updatesIf only there had been some kind of clue. The tiniest of hints that Peter Mandelson might not have been a suitable candidate to act as the UK ambassador in Washington.Like being forced to resign from the cabinet over a failure to disclose a loan from Geoffrey Robertson. Like being forced to resign from the cabinet a second time over allegations of trying to procure a passport for the Hinduja brothers. Like his financial arrangements with the Russian

Belgian organisers are accused of ‘naked antisemitism’ after cancelling performance by Lahav ShaniA Belgian classical music festival has axed a leading German orchestra from its programme over concerns about its Israeli conductor, drawing accusations of antisemitism from Berlin.Flanders Festival Ghent announced it had cancelled a concert by the Munich Philharmonic scheduled for 18 September, citing insufficient clarity over Lahav Shani’s attitude to the Israeli government. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/festival-axes-german-orchestra-over-concerns-about-israeli-conductor Author : Philip Oltermann European culture editor Publish date : 2025-09-11 13:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.