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Here’s a list of every Labour MP who just voted AGAINST scrapping the two child Benefit Cap

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Here's a list of every Labour MP who just voted AGAINST scrapping the two child Benefit Cap

Tonight in the House of Commons, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party voted against an opposition amendment to their King’s Speech which proposed scrapping the widely-hated two child Benefit Cap.

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Research has shown that abolishing the two child Benefit Cap would immediately lift around half a million children out of poverty.

However, for the last few months, Keir Starmer and his Chancellor Rachel Reeves have argued that there is simply not enough money to account for the estimated £3bn cost of scrapping the cap.

But tonight, in the first Parliamentary test of Starmer’s new government, the SNP put forward a motion to test them on the issue.

In response, the Prime Minister implemented a three-line whip to try and force his MPs to vote against the amendment.

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Seven Labour MPs – Apsana Begum, Imran Hussain, Rebecca Long Bailey, Ian Byrne, Richard Burgon, Zarah Sultana, and John McDonnell – rebelled against Starmer’s orders to vote in favour of scrapping the cap. Consequently, all seven have since had the party whip suspended for six months.

However, a total of 361 Labour MPs voted against it, causing the motion to ultimately be defeated by a margin of 363-103.

So, for your convenience, here is a list of every Labour MP that voted against the motion to scrap the two child Benefit Cap.

Jack Abbott (Labour – Ipswich)
Debbie Abrahams (Labour – Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Zubir Ahmed (Labour – Glasgow South West)
Luke Akehurst (Labour – North Durham)
Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour – North Somerset)
Bayo Alaba (Labour – Southend East and Rochford)
Dan Aldridge (Labour – Weston-super-Mare)
Heidi Alexander (Labour – Swindon South)
Douglas Alexander (Labour – Lothian East)
Rushanara Ali (Labour – Bethnal Green and Stepney)
Tahir Ali (Labour – Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley)
Mike Amesbury (Labour – Runcorn and Helsby)
Callum Anderson (Labour – Buckingham and Bletchley)
Fleur Anderson (Labour – Putney)
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour – Gower)
Scott Arthur (Labour – Edinburgh South West)
Jess Asato (Labour – Lowestoft)
James Asser (Labour – West Ham and Beckton)
Jas Athwal (Labour – Ilford South)
Catherine Atkinson (Labour – Derby North)
Lewis Atkinson (Labour – Sunderland Central)
Calvin Bailey (Labour – Leyton and Wanstead)
Olivia Bailey (Labour – Reading West and Mid Berkshire)
David Baines (Labour – St Helens North)
Alex Baker (Labour – Aldershot)
Richard Baker (Labour – Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Alex Ballinger (Labour – Halesowen)
Paula Barker (Labour – Liverpool Wavertree)
Lee Barron (Labour – Corby and East Northamptonshire)
Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour – Cardiff West)
Johanna Baxter (Labour – Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Danny Beales (Labour – Uxbridge and South Ruislip)
Lorraine Beavers (Labour – Blackpool North and Fleetwood)
Torsten Bell (Labour – Swansea West)
Hilary Benn (Labour – Leeds South)
Clive Betts (Labour – Sheffield South East)
Polly Billington (Labour – East Thanet)
Matt Bishop (Labour – Forest of Dean)
Olivia Blake (Labour – Sheffield Hallam)
Rachel Blake (Labour – Cities of London and Westminster)
Chris Bloore (Labour – Redditch)
Elsie Blundell (Labour – Heywood and Middleton North)
Kevin Bonavia (Labour – Stevenage)
Jade Botterill (Labour – Ossett and Denby Dale)
Sureena Brackenridge (Labour – Wolverhampton North East)
Jonathan Brash (Labour – Hartlepool)
Phil Brickell (Labour – Bolton West)
Chris Bryant (Labour – Rhondda and Ogmore)
Julia Buckley (Labour – Shrewsbury)
Maureen Burke (Labour – Glasgow North East)
David Burton-Sampson (Labour – Southend West and Leigh)
Dawn Butler (Labour – Brent East)
Liam Byrne (Labour – Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Ruth Cadbury (Labour – Brentford and Isleworth)
Nesil Caliskan (Labour – Barking)
Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour – Penrith and Solway)
Irene Campbell (Labour – North Ayrshire and Arran)
Juliet Campbell (Labour – Broxtowe)
Alan Campbell (Labour – Tynemouth)
Sam Carling (Labour – North West Cambridgeshire)
Sarah Champion (Labour – Rotherham)
Bambos Charalambous (Labour – Southgate and Wood Green)
Luke Charters (Labour – York Outer)
Feryal Clark (Labour – Enfield North)
Ben Coleman (Labour – Chelsea and Fulham)
Jacob Collier (Labour – Burton and Uttoxeter)
Lizzi Collinge (Labour – Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Tom Collins (Labour – Worcester)
Liam Conlon (Labour – Beckenham and Penge)
Sarah Coombes (Labour – West Bromwich)
Andrew Cooper (Labour – Mid Cheshire)
Beccy Cooper (Labour – Worthing West)
Yvette Cooper (Labour – Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)
Deirdre Costigan (Labour – Ealing Southall)
Pam Cox (Labour – Colchester)
Neil Coyle (Labour – Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
Jen Craft (Labour – Thurrock)
Mary Creagh (Labour – Coventry East)
Stella Creasy (Labour – Walthamstow)
Torcuil Crichton (Labour – Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
Chris Curtis (Labour – Milton Keynes North)
Janet Daby (Labour – Lewisham East)
Nicholas Dakin (Labour – Scunthorpe)
Emily Darlington (Labour – Milton Keynes Central)
Alex Davies-Jones (Labour – Pontypridd)
Jonathan Davies (Labour – Mid Derbyshire)
Shaun Davies (Labour – Telford)
Marsha De Cordova (Labour – Battersea)
Josh Dean (Labour – Hertford and Stortford)
Kate Dearden (Labour – Halifax)
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour – Slough)
Jim Dickson (Labour – Dartford)
Anna Dixon (Labour – Shipley)
Samantha Dixon (Labour – Chester North and Neston)
Helena Dollimore (Labour – Hastings and Rye)
Stephen Doughty (Labour – Cardiff South and Penarth)
Peter Dowd (Labour – Bootle)
Graeme Downie (Labour – Dunfermline and Dollar)
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour – Poole)
Angela Eagle (Labour – Wallasey)
Maria Eagle (Labour – Liverpool Garston)
Cat Eccles (Labour – Stourbridge)
Lauren Edwards (Labour – Rochester and Strood)
Sarah Edwards (Labour – Tamworth)
Damien Egan (Labour – Bristol North East)
Maya Ellis (Labour – Ribble Valley)
Chris Elmore (Labour – Bridgend)
Kirith Entwistle (Labour – Bolton North East)
Florence Eshalomi (Labour – Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
Bill Esterson (Labour – Sefton Central)
Chris Evans (Labour – Caerphilly)
Miatta Fahnbulleh (Labour – Peckham)
Hamish Falconer (Labour – Lincoln)
Linsey Farnsworth (Labour – Amber Valley)
Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour – Calder Valley)
Mark Ferguson (Labour – Gateshead Central and Whickham)
Patricia Ferguson (Labour – Glasgow West)
Natalie Fleet (Labour – Bolsover)
Emma Foody (Labour – Cramlington and Killingworth)
Catherine Fookes (Labour – Monmouthshire)
Paul Foster (Labour – South Ribble)
Vicky Foxcroft (Labour – Lewisham North)
Daniel Francis (Labour – Bexleyheath and Crayford)
James Frith (Labour – Bury North)
Barry Gardiner (Labour – Brent West)
Allison Gardner (Labour – Stoke-on-Trent South)
Anna Gelderd (Labour – South East Cornwall)
Alan Gemmell (Labour – Central Ayrshire)
Gill German (Labour – Clwyd North)
Tracy Gilbert (Labour – Edinburgh North and Leith)
Preet Kaur Gill (Labour – Birmingham Edgbaston)
Becky Gittins (Labour – Clwyd East)
Mary Glindon (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Ben Goldsborough (Labour – South Norfolk)
Jodie Gosling (Labour – Nuneaton)
Georgia Gould (Labour – Queen’s Park and Maida Vale)
John Grady (Labour – Glasgow East)
Lilian Greenwood (Labour – Nottingham South)
Andrew Gwynne (Labour – Gorton and Denton)
Amanda Hack (Labour – North West Leicestershire)
Louise Haigh (Labour – Sheffield Heeley)
Sarah Hall (Labour – Warrington South)
Paulette Hamilton (Labour – Birmingham Erdington)
Emma Hardy (Labour – Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)
Carolyn Harris (Labour – Neath and Swansea East)
Lloyd Hatton (Labour – South Dorset)
Helen Hayes (Labour – Dulwich and West Norwood)
John Hayes (Conservative – South Holland and The Deepings)
Tom Hayes (Labour – Bournemouth East)
Claire Hazelgrove (Labour – Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Mark Hendrick (Labour – Preston)
Meg Hillier (Labour – Hackney South and Shoreditch)
Chris Hinchliff (Labour – North East Hertfordshire)
Jonathan Hinder (Labour – Pendle and Clitheroe)
Sharon Hodgson (Labour – Washington and Gateshead South)
Rachel Hopkins (Labour – Luton South and South Bedfordshire)
Claire Hughes (Labour – Bangor Aberconwy)
Alison Hume (Labour – Scarborough and Whitby)
Rupa Huq (Labour – Ealing Central and Acton)
Patrick Hurley (Labour – Southport)
Leigh Ingham (Labour – Stafford)
Natasha Irons (Labour – Croydon East)
Sally Jameson (Labour – Doncaster Central)
Dan Jarvis (Labour – Barnsley North)
Terry Jermy (Labour – South West Norfolk)
Adam Jogee (Labour – Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Diana Johnson (Labour – Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Darren Jones (Labour – Bristol North West)
Gerald Jones (Labour – Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare)
Lillian Jones (Labour – Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Louise Jones (Labour – North East Derbyshire)
Ruth Jones (Labour – Newport West and Islwyn)
Gurinder Josan (Labour – Smethwick)
Sojan Joseph (Labour – Ashford)
Warinder Juss (Labour – Wolverhampton West)
Chris Kane (Labour – Stirling and Strathallan)
Mike Kane (Labour – Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Satvir Kaur (Labour – Southampton Test)
Liz Kendall (Labour – Leicester West)
Afzal Khan (Labour – Manchester Rusholme)
Naushabah Khan (Labour – Gillingham and Rainham)
Jayne Kirkham (Labour – Truro and Falmouth)
Gen Kitchen (Labour – Wellingborough and Rushden)
Sonia Kumar (Labour – Dudley)
Uma Kumaran (Labour – Stratford and Bow)
Peter Kyle (Labour – Hove and Portslade)
Laura Kyrke-Smith (Labour – Aylesbury)
Peter Lamb (Labour – Crawley)
Kim Leadbeater (Labour – Spen Valley)
Brian Leishman (Labour – Alloa and Grangemouth)
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour – South Shields)
Andrew Lewin (Labour – Welwyn Hatfield)
Clive Lewis (Labour – Norwich South)
Simon Lightwood (Labour – Wakefield and Rothwell)
Josh MacAlister (Labour – Whitehaven and Workington)
Alice Macdonald (Labour – Norwich North)
Andy MacNae (Labour – Rossendale and Darwen)
Justin Madders (Labour – Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Shabana Mahmood (Labour – Birmingham Ladywood)
Seema Malhotra (Labour – Feltham and Heston)
Amanda Martin (Labour – Portsmouth North)
Rachael Maskell (Labour – York Central)
Keir Mather (Labour – Selby)
Alex Mayer (Labour – Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)
Douglas McAllister (Labour – West Dunbartonshire)
Kerry McCarthy (Labour – Bristol East)
Martin McCluskey (Labour – Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West)
Chris McDonald (Labour – Stockton North)
Blair McDougall (Labour – East Renfrewshire)
Lola McEvoy (Labour – Darlington)
Pat McFadden (Labour – Wolverhampton South East)
Alison McGovern (Labour – Birkenhead)
Alex McIntyre (Labour – Gloucester)
Gordon McKee (Labour – Glasgow South)
Kevin McKenna (Labour – Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Jim McMahon (Labour – Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Anna McMorrin (Labour – Cardiff North)
Frank McNally (Labour – Coatbridge and Bellshill)
Kirsty McNeill (Labour – Midlothian)
Anneliese Midgley (Labour – Knowsley)
Ed Miliband (Labour – Doncaster North)
Julie Minns (Labour – Carlisle)
Abtisam Mohamed (Labour – Sheffield Central)
Perran Moon (Labour – Camborne and Redruth)
Jessica Morden (Labour – Newport East)
Stephen Morgan (Labour – Portsmouth South)
Grahame Morris (Labour – Easington)
Joe Morris (Labour – Hexham)
Margaret Mullane (Labour – Dagenham and Rainham)
Luke Murphy (Labour – Basingstoke)
Chris Murray (Labour – Edinburgh East and Musselburgh)
Ian Murray (Labour – Edinburgh South)
James Murray (Labour – Ealing North)
Luke Myer (Labour – Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
James Naish (Labour – Rushcliffe)
Connor Naismith (Labour – Crewe and Nantwich)
Lisa Nandy (Labour – Wigan)
Kanishka Narayan (Labour – Vale of Glamorgan)
Pamela Nash (Labour – Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Josh Newbury (Labour – Cannock Chase)
Samantha Niblett (Labour – South Derbyshire)
Charlotte Nichols (Labour – Warrington North)
Alex Norris (Labour – Nottingham North and Kimberley)
Melanie Onn (Labour – Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
Chi Onwurah (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)
Simon Opher (Labour – Stroud)
Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour – Erith and Thamesmead)
Kate Osamor (Labour – Edmonton and Winchmore Hill)
Kate Osborne (Labour – Jarrow and Gateshead East)
Tristan Osborne (Labour – Chatham and Aylesford)
Darren Paffey (Labour – Southampton Itchen)
Andrew Pakes (Labour – Peterborough)
Matthew Patrick (Labour – Wirral West)
Michael Payne (Labour – Gedling)
Stephanie Peacock (Labour – Barnsley South)
Jon Pearce (Labour – High Peak)
Matthew Pennycook (Labour – Greenwich and Woolwich)
Toby Perkins (Labour – Chesterfield)
Jess Phillips (Labour – Birmingham Yardley)
Bridget Phillipson (Labour – Houghton and Sunderland South)
David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour – Hendon)
Lee Pitcher (Labour – Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme)
Jo Platt (Labour – Leigh and Atherton)
Luke Pollard (Labour – Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Joe Powell (Labour – Kensington and Bayswater)
Lucy Powell (Labour – Manchester Central)
Gregor Poynton (Labour – Livingston)
Peter Prinsley (Labour – Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket)
Richard Quigley (Labour – Isle of Wight West)
Steve Race (Labour – Exeter)
Connor Rand (Labour – Altrincham and Sale West)
Andrew Ranger (Labour – Wrexham)
Angela Rayner (Labour – Ashton-under-Lyne)
Mike Reader (Labour – Northampton South)
Steve Reed (Labour – Streatham and Croydon North)
Ellie Reeves (Labour – Lewisham West and East Dulwich)
Joani Reid (Labour – East Kilbride and Strathaven)
Emma Reynolds (Labour – Wycombe)
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour – Stalybridge and Hyde)
Martin Rhodes (Labour – Glasgow North)
Jake Richards (Labour – Rother Valley)
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Labour – Suffolk Coastal)
Lucy Rigby (Labour – Northampton North)
Marie Rimmer (Labour – St Helens South and Whiston)
Dave Robertson (Labour – Lichfield)
Tim Roca (Labour – Macclesfield)
Matt Rodda (Labour – Reading Central)
Sam Rushworth (Labour – Bishop Auckland)
Sarah Russell (Labour – Congleton)
Tom Rutland (Labour – East Worthing and Shoreham)
Oliver Ryan (Labour – Burnley)
Sarah Sackman (Labour – Finchley and Golders Green)
Jeevun Sandher (Labour – Loughborough)
Mark Sewards (Labour – Leeds South West and Morley)
Naz Shah (Labour – Bradford West)
Baggy Shanker (Labour – Derby South)
Michael Shanks (Labour – Rutherglen)
Tulip Siddiq (Labour – Hampstead and Highgate)
Josh Simons (Labour – Makerfield)
Andy Slaughter (Labour – Hammersmith and Chiswick)
John Slinger (Labour – Rugby)
Cat Smith (Labour – Lancaster and Wyre)
David Smith (Labour – North Northumberland)
Jeff Smith (Labour – Manchester Withington)
Nick Smith (Labour – Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney)
Sarah Smith (Labour – Hyndburn)
Karin Smyth (Labour – Bristol South)
Gareth Snell (Labour – Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Euan Stainbank (Labour – Falkirk)
Jo Stevens (Labour – Cardiff East)
Kenneth Stevenson (Labour – Airdrie and Shotts)
Elaine Stewart (Labour – Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Will Stone (Labour – Swindon North)
Alistair Strathern (Labour – Hitchin)
Wes Streeting (Labour – Ilford North)
Alan Strickland (Labour – Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor)
Graham Stringer (Labour – Blackley and Middleton South)
Lauren Sullivan (Labour – Gravesham)
Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour – Bathgate and Linlithgow)
Peter Swallow (Labour – Bracknell)
Mark Tami (Labour – Alyn and Deeside)
Mike Tapp (Labour – Dover and Deal)
Alison Taylor (Labour – Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
David Taylor (Labour – Hemel Hempstead)
Rachel Taylor (Labour – North Warwickshire and Bedworth)
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour – Torfaen)
Adam Thompson (Labour – Erewash)
Emily Thornberry (Labour – Islington South and Finsbury)
Marie Tidball (Labour – Penistone and Stocksbridge)
Stephen Timms (Labour – East Ham)
Jessica Toale (Labour – Bournemouth West)
Dan Tomlinson (Labour – Chipping Barnet)
Henry Tufnell (Labour – Mid and South Pembrokeshire)
Anna Turley (Labour – Redcar)
Matt Turmaine (Labour – Watford)
Karl Turner (Labour – Kingston upon Hull East)
Derek Twigg (Labour – Widnes and Halewood)
Liz Twist (Labour – Blaydon and Consett)
Harpreet Uppal (Labour – Huddersfield)
Tony Vaughan (Labour – Folkestone and Hythe)
Valerie Vaz (Labour – Walsall and Bloxwich)
Chris Vince (Labour – Harlow)
Imogen Walker (Labour – Hamilton and Clyde Valley)
Melanie Ward (Labour – Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy)
Paul Waugh (Labour – Rochdale)
Chris Webb (Labour – Blackpool South)
Michelle Welsh (Labour – Sherwood Forest)
Catherine West (Labour – Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Andrew Western (Labour – Stretford and Urmston)
Matt Western (Labour – Warwick and Leamington)
Michael Wheeler (Labour – Worsley and Eccles)
John Whitby (Labour – Derbyshire Dales)
Jo White (Labour – Bassetlaw)
Katie White (Labour – Leeds North West)
David Williams (Labour – Stoke-on-Trent North)
Steve Witherden (Labour – Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr)
Sean Woodcock (Labour – Banbury)
Yuan Yang (Labour – Earley and Woodley)
Mohammad Yasin (Labour – Bedford)
Steve Yemm (Labour – Mansfield)
Daniel Zeichner (Labour – Cambridge)

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Zarah Sultana just showed how solidarity is done

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Your Party MP Zarah Sultana has backed the Greens’ candidate Hannah Spencer in the Gorton and Denton by-election later this month. Sultana has also called for left unity and stressed the threat to Muslims posed by the far-right of which Reform UK is part:

Sultana’s statement followed an “awful”, factional statement by the Your Party ‘Grassroots Left’ slate that she has backed. The statement attacks the Greens as ‘pro-capitalist, pro-NATO’ and says that the faction cannot “lend unconditional support” to Spencer.

Of course, no one asked them to or suggested that they should lend unconditional support to anyone. As Sultana pointed out, the far-right is an existential threat to Muslims and other minority groups and defeating fascism has to take priority over purism and posturing. The Workers Party has recognised this and announced it will not stand a candidate to allow support to concentrate behind Spencer to defeat the red, blue and teal Tories.

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Zarah Sultana did the right thing by coming out with a clear statement of support. If the whole of Your Party does not galvanise to help the Greens win what is likely to be a tight election between them and the Farage fascists, shame on it.

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Zack Polanski Accuses Nigel Farage Of Avoiding Debate

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Zack Polanski Accuses Nigel Farage Of Avoiding Debate

Farage said “if you pick a fight which a chimney sweep you get covered in soot” when asked whether he would take Polanski up on the offer.

It comes after the Green Party leader knocked back the chance of a debate with Reform policy chief Zia Yusuf.

Referring to Polanski’s support for drug legalisation, Farage added: “You know, he’s got a fan club. All the heroin smokers think he’s absolutely marvellous.”

But Polanski told HuffPost UK: “Farage is running scared – he doesn’t want to talk about Reform’s super-rich backers, their Russia links, their plans to strip rights away from working people and to introduce charges to use the NHS.”

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The Greens are locked in a three-way battle with Reform and Labour in the crunch Gorton and Denton by-election, which takes place on February 26.

Polanski added: “Farage knows that in Gorton and Denton, Labour are out of the race and Hannah Spencer is coming for Reform.

“It’s no surprise Farage is hiding behind cheap jokes – he’s got nothing to gain and everything to lose from going up against someone willing to say it how it is.”

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Starmer moves to BLOCK release of more dirt on Mandelson

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In an appalling move, Keir Starmer has moved to block some of the dirt on Peter Mandelson from getting out. The reason given is as follows:

Broken trust

Of course, no one believes this is down to national security. After all, Starmer is the man who hired known paedophile associate Peter Mandelson in the first place. As such, it’s clear Starmer doesn’t have the UK’s interests in mind when he makes decisions.

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No, everyone can see this for what it is; a last minute attempt for Starmer to save himself and his cronies from embarrassment (and potential criminal charges).

This isn’t the only headache for Starmer, either, as Skwawkbox wrote for the Canary yesterday:

Keir Starmer has given evidence to the Met Police of Peter Mandelson leaking confidential government information to serial child rapist – and Mandelson’s bestie – Jeffrey Epstein. The evidence includes original emails containing sensitive economic information. The emails released by the US justice department also show Mandelson engaging in insider trading that would enrich Epstein and his allies.

Now Starmer has. But his Downing Street officials – and therefore Starmer – were aware of Mandelson’s emails to Epstein months before now, probably even longer.

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And as people are pointing out, Mandelson’s Epstein friendship is far from the only unseemly connection between Labour and total depravity:

The emails keep coming too, including this exchange which shines a light on the relationship between Mandelson and Epstein (read the below email first):

What’s clear from this is that Mandelson was desperate for Epstein’s attention; Epstein, meanwhile, clearly just saw Mandelson as a pawn in his international power games. This is clearly why the pathetic Mandelson ended up sending him British state secrets.

What sort of man betrays his country to encourage the affections of a paedophile?

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Justice at last?

Many – including the Canary – were speaking out against Mandelson and Starmer long before these latest revelations:

Mandelson has been sacked; pressured to resign from Labour, and bullied into stepping down from the lords. But this isn’t enough.

He must face criminal consequences for leaking British state secrets to Epstein, with a full investigation into whatever else the pair got up to.

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Further than that, Starmer must answer for what he knew, and for how this sorry affair came to pass.

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Jason Bateman Faces Backlash Over Charli XCX Interview Questions

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Jason Bateman is facing criticism over his line of questioning during a recent interview with Charli XCX.

The Ozark actor co-hosts the podcast SmartLess with Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, where each week a member of the team will introduce a surprise celebrity guest to the other two co-presenters, who they then proceed to interview.

During the latest episode of the Golden Globe-nominated interview series, the celebrity guest was Charli XCX, and as the hour-long conversation progressed, the Grammy winner, who is an only child, was asked if that’s something she’d want for her own future children.

“I actually don’t really want to have kids,” the 360 singer responded. “So…”

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She was then pressed on why, to which she admitted her stance “could change” in the future, with Sean Hayes interjecting: “Oh, that’s none of my business.”

Charli continued: “It’s like – I love the fantasy of having a child. Like, naming it… sounds so fun. But that is exactly a sign for me as to why I should not have one. The fact that that feels like the coolest part about it, maybe I’m not ready, you know what I mean?”

Jason then told her: “You know, all that could change… I’m sort of backing into giving myself a half-assed compliment here, but my wife did not want to have kids, so the story goes, so she tells it.

“And she said once we started going out, and she met [me], she was like, ‘OK I think I could have a kid with this guy’. So you might find somebody…”

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“Well, I’m married,” Charli then pointed out, having tied the knot with fellow musician George Daniel in 2025.

Charli XCX tells Jason Bateman she does not want kids. He suggests she might meet someone who changes her mind and she responds “I’m married.” pic.twitter.com/unXD4fGt6r

— Bye Wig Hello Drama (@HousewivesHub) February 3, 2026

Charli then added that she “knew” where Jason was going with his line of questioning and was “looking forward” to pointing out that she’s now married, to which he quipped: “Maybe with your next husband you’re going to want kids.”

Since the episode began airing, many have been voicing their disappointment with Jason for raising such a personal and sensitive topic in a public setting, as well as for telling Charli she could change her mind after her statement about probably not wanting children…

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incredible rough listening experience at one point jason bateman asks her how many kids she wants to have (bad enough) and then she’s like “i don’t think i want kids” and he’s like “well maybe you just need to find the right guy” and she’s like “i’m married” and then silence pic.twitter.com/jnzTBfM7pu

— merle (@rottenbrunette) February 2, 2026

btw, if a woman says she doesn’t wanna have kids, THEN THATS THE END OF THE STORY. saying “maybe you’ll change your mind when you get married…” is GROSS.

— #1 xcx defender (@lipglossgrinss) February 3, 2026

diabolical listen, people defending it by giving the context of the podcast makes it worse because even if nobody knew anything about who charli was the problem is the rhetoric that ANY woman would change her mind on not wanting to have children just because they meet a man https://t.co/ilfU70VDwS

— mica 𖦹 (@dreamsandprose) February 3, 2026

People with kids are always trying to recruit people into parenthood

— WhatsTheLatest (@latest_whats) February 3, 2026

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Ah yes. The “you won’t feel this way forever” line that you eventually have to hear as a woman, esp if you are married. People think, “she is married, she HAS to want kids.” Not one person goes, “well perhaps that is none of my goddamn business…?”

(Sadly women do this too.) https://t.co/B0ffZxDETz

— Tomris Laffly (@TomiLaffly) February 3, 2026

it just pisses me off when anyone but specially a MAN says to a woman “you might change your mind” like fuck you you don’t know me https://t.co/SMdowG4QXz

— maría celeste 🦦 (@agirlnamedairam) February 3, 2026

The Charli xcx / Jason Bateman interview was so cringe and embarrassing.
I can’t believe his people didn’t just shelve it or at least cut that part about kids out.

It reminds me so much of the awkward dinner scene in The Family Stone with Sarah Jessica Parker.

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— Jovy Skol ☠️ (@jovyskol) February 3, 2026

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Charli previously sang about her complex feelings about potentially having children in the future on the song I Think About It All The Time, featured on her Grammy-winning album Brat.

She previously said during a 2024 interview with Rolling Stone: “Am I less of a woman if I don’t have a kid? Will I feel like I’ve missed out on my purpose in life? I know we’re not supposed to say that, but it’s this biological and social programming.

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“There’s a lot of pressure on women to not talk about that stuff super openly, especially not in pop music or in music generally; we’re supposed to be sexy and free and fun and wild.”

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Newslinks for Wednesday 4th February 2026

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Mandelson facing full criminal investigation as Kemi piles on political pressure

“Scotland Yard began a full criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson on Tuesday. The move followed more damning revelations about the ex-Labour grandee’s relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. While he was a Cabinet minister, the former spin doctor repeatedly tipped off the tycoon about market-sensitive government plans, emails suggest. On Tuesday, the Government and ex-prime minister Gordon Brown got in touch with the Metropolitan Police, leaving the peer facing an unprecedented probe. It came as the Daily Mail uncovered further sensational details about Lord Mandelson’s dealings with Epstein, with whom he remained close even after the financier had been jailed for child sex offences. One bombshell email seemingly showed the pair discussing confidential negotiations over a £10billion Ministry of Defence contract while Lord Mandelson was business secretary in Gordon Brown’s government. In another exchange, on the day Epstein was released from prison, the pair appeared to joke about celebrating with ‘two strippers’ – with Lord Mandelson branding his paedophile friend a ‘naughty boy’ for making the suggestion. Lord Mandelson has previously suggested his status as a gay man meant he was ‘kept separate from what (Epstein) was doing in the sexual side of his life’. Among the three million pages of so-called Epstein Files released by the US Department of Justice are bank statements that suggest Lord Mandelson and his husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, received payments from Epstein totalling tens of thousands of pounds.” – Daily Mail

  • Tories to force Starmer to publish Mandelson vetting advice using arcane Commons rule – Daily Express
  • Tories seek disclosure of vetting process for Mandelson’s ambassador role – The Guardian
  • Starmer to release Mandelson files – Daily Telegraph
  • Starmer faces scrutiny over Mandelson’s appointment as police investigate alleged leaks to Epstein – BBC News
  • Epstein paid Mandelson’s husband $4k a month – Daily Telegraph
  • ‘Bye bye, smelly’: How Mandelson and Epstein seemingly ‘plotted against Gordon Brown during his final months in office’ – Daily Mail
  • Gordon Brown lashes out against Starmer as his 30-year grudge against Mandelson boils over – Daily Express

Comment:

  • A personal tragedy but a jaw-dropping scandal – Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
  • When I met Peter Mandelson, I knew straight away he was rotten – Allison Pearson, Daily Telegraph
  • Mandelson scandal shortens odds on Starmer following him out the door – Peter Walker, The Guardian
  • Labour owes debt to giant of politics in modern era – Matthew Parris, The Times
  • Mandelson may have indelibly tarred Labour as the party of sleaze – Tom Harris, Daily Telegraph
  • Westminster could talk of little else… this scandal has left our political class quite numb – Quentin Letts, Daily Mail

Reform drops promise to scrap two-child benefit cap … but Braverman and Jenrick vote to scrap it

“Nigel Farage has dropped his support for abolishing the two-child benefit cap, instead calling for it to be retained to fund support for pubs. The Reform UK leader said he wanted to bring down the “exploding, ballooning welfare budget” and stop many families from claiming benefits for more than two children. The comments put the party at odds with Labour: Rachel Reeves promised in last year’s budget to abolish the cap. Farage said the estimated £3 billion saving from retaining the cap could be used to pay for tax cuts, including reducing VAT by half from 20 per cent for the hospitality sector and a beer duty cut of 10 per cent… Farage said that the two-child benefit cap would be abolished only for households where both parents were British and in full-time work. Reform estimates that covers only about 3,700 of the roughly 500,000 households with more than two children who are likely to benefit from Labour’s reforms, which takes effect in April. Reform sources said that Farage had been consistent in arguing the cap should benefit British citizens. Last May, he said that “lifting the two-child cap is the right thing to do” in part because “we believe for lower-paid workers this actually makes having children just a little bit easier for them”. Reform has gradually been shedding some of its most costly policies, including pledges made at the last general election, in an effort to convince voters and traders its plans are economically credible.” – The Times

  • Reform blunder as Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick vote with Labour on benefits – Daily Express
  • Braverman and Jenrick ‘accidentally’ vote for two child cap to be removed in blunder – LBC News
  • Nigel Farage pledges tax cuts for pubs funded by reinstating the two-child benefit cap – The Sun
  • Labour’s push to lift the two-child benefits cap ‘will hand £25,000 windfalls’ to thousands of Britain’s biggest jobless families – Daily Mail

Comment:

  • Our pubs are in peril thanks to reckless policies… here’s my five point plan to help save the great British boozer – Nigel Farage, The Sun

Tories promise to change employment law after bus driver sacked for punching robber

“The Tories have pledged to introduce a new “Good Samaritan” law to protect employees who use reasonable force to protect customers. The party said it would introduce the measures to prevent a repeat of the sacking of bus driver Mark Hehir, 62, after he chased down a thief who robbed a female passenger. Kieran Mullan, a shadow justice minister, said employment law needed to be rewritten to ensure employees who acted within their rights to use “reasonable force” to prevent crime should not be sacked. “The criminal law is clear on our right to use reasonable force to prevent crime and help the victims of crime. This case is not a one-off,” said Mr Mullan. “It is clear we need to ensure the right balance in employment law for employers and employees. Mark has put an amazing spotlight on this issue and we are going to act.” Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, who met Mr Hehir on Tuesday, said: “Nobody should ever lose their job for doing the right thing. We obviously don’t want to strangle businesses with more regulations. But heroes like Mark deserve our full support, because crime and disorder are in no one’s interest. So we will be working out solutions to support both employers and employees on the front lines.”” – Daily Telegraph

  • Passenger whose necklace was stolen on London bus says ‘hero’ driver ‘didn’t deserve’ sacking – ITV News
  • ‘Bus driver who punched thief made me feel safe’ – BBC News
  • Victim of theft on bus feels ‘so guilty’ over hero driver’s sacking – The Times

News in brief:

  • Kemi Badenoch has a chance to rebuild the Tories – Loic Fremond, UnHerd
  • Britain’s shameful tolerance for terrorism – Jonathan Sacerdoti, The Spectator
  • Stop preaching about politics – Marcus Walker, The Critic
  • No, England’s countryside is not too white – Andrew Tettenborn, CapX
  • Peter Mandelson will haunt Labour – George Eaton, The New Statesman

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Trump Scolds CNN’s Kaitlan Collins For Not Smiling

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Trump lobbed the cliched insult at CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins after she pressed him on the latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files, noting that his allies Elon Musk and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared in the documents.

Trump brushed off her first questions, but the mention of Musk and Lutnick appeared to set him off.

“You are the worst reporter. No wonder CNN has no ratings because of people like you,” Trump said.

“You know, she’s a young woman,” he said to others in the room before turning his attention back to Collins.

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Donald Trump and CNN's Kaitlan Collins
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“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile,” he scolded her. “I’ve known you for 10 years. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smile on your face. You know why you’re not smiling? Because you know you’re not telling the truth.”

CNN “should be ashamed of you,” he added.

A network spokesperson praised Collins’ work following the exchange with Trump:

“Kaitlan Collins is an exceptional journalist, reporting every day from the White House and the field with real depth and tenacity. She skillfully brings that reporting to the anchor chair and CNN platforms every day, which audiences around the world know they can trust.”

The incident wasn’t the first time Trump took aim at Collins. In December, she became the subject of one of his Truth Social rants after she asked him about the rising cost estimates of his $400 million White House ballroom project.

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“Caitlin Collin’s of Fake News CNN, always Stupid and Nasty, asked me why the new Ballroom was costing more money than originally thought one year ago,” Trump wrote, misspelling her name.

And when taking a question from Collins last year, Trump referred to her as a “very low-rated anchor.”

Trump’s spats with Collins go back even further. During his first term in 2018, the White House barred her from attending an open press event shortly after she peppered him with questions about his former attorney, Michael Cohen, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Collins said that White House press staff told her that her questions were “inappropriate.” Then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement that said Collins was barred from the event because she shouted and refused to leave the Oval Office.

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Trump’s Ex-Ukraine Envoy: Putin Is ‘Afraid And Not Winning’

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Vladimir Putin is “not winning” in Ukraine despite Donald Trump’s claims to the contrary, according to a former US envoy.

General Keith Kellogg, the US president’s Ukraine envoy up until last month, told BBC Radio 4′s Today programme that the Russian leader is “afraid” right now.

His comments come as Putin continues to bombard Ukraine’s energy infrastructure despite committing to a weeklong ceasefire with Trump just days ago.

Thousands of buildings in Kyiv are completely without power even as temperatures plummet to -20C.

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Kellogg told the BBC: “What Putin is trying to do, he’s trying to break the will of Ukrainians.

“My experience from being in Kyiv, from being in Kharkiv, that’s not going to work.”

He added: “If they can get through the winter, if they can get through the next, four, five, six weeks at most, then I think the advantage starts to swing to the Ukrainians.

“Russia is not strong. Russia is not winning this fight.”

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Kellogg continued: “I think Putin is working from a disadvantage. He’s afraid, even though he talks big.

“He doesn’t have the combat power.”

Putin’s forces have endured more than a million casualties since he sent his troops to invade Ukraine in February 2022 and gaining land at a historically slow rate.

Peace talks are also set to resume between the US, Ukraine and Russia today in Abu Dhabi, even as Putin continues to initiate strikes on his European neighbour.

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Still, Kellogg refused to describe the talks as “farcical”, telling Radio 4: “I think the fact is you’re talking and you’re keeping a dialogue open is important.

“The one who is holding up the peace process is not Zelenskyy, it’s not the Ukrainians. The one who is holding up the peace process is Putin and Russia.”

Trump has often blamed Kyiv for the delays in the negotiations despite plenty of evidence suggesting it is Moscow dragging its heels.

Kellogg also struck a tone of optimism about the strength of Europe.

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He said: “I think Europe, writ large, is much stronger than they think they are. Let’s choose England: nuclear power. Use France: nuclear power.

“They’ve got forces on the ground, they’re building their force structure today. As time goes along, together Nato is a lot stronger than Russia.

“It comes down to raw power and I think you have to play from that perspective. Depending on the United States for the last 75 years has in fact weakened the alliance, not made it stronger.”

He also claimed the US military power means Americans can “go anywhere and do anything we want to do”, as demonstrated with its strikes on Venezuela last month.

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“Our assets, combine them with the allies – and a lot of the allies have bought American equipment – just shows how powerful the Americans and the allies are,” the ex-envoy said.

Touching on concerns that Ukraine will have to give up more sovereign land in the name of peace, Kellogg insisted the loss of territory would only be “in the near-term”.

“When land is given up, hopefully it is given back,” he said. “In the long-term, as long as you end this conflict, have a reset, allow Ukraine to build up what it wants to build up – 800,000 troops, the largest military in Europe.”

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Labour Backbench Anger Forces No 10 To Release Mandelson Documents

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Keir Starmer is to publish key documents about Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to Washington in a bid to avoid a massive Labour backbench rebellion.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has tabled a motion which, if passed by the Commons, would force the government to release the behind-the-scenes communications prior to Mandelson landing the plum role.

The move comes after police launched a criminal investigation into allegations the former Labour business secretary passed market-sensitive information to his friend, the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, about the government’s response to the 2008 financial crash.

Downing Street has previously refused to publish the communications between senior government figures which led to Mandelson landing the plum diplomatic role a year ago.

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He was sacked just seven months later after it emerged he had maintained contact with Epstein even after his conviction for soliciting a child for prostitution.

Labour MPs had made it clear to party bosses that they were prepared to vote for Badenoch’s motion, raising the prospect of an embarrassing defeat for the government.

A senior Labour source told HuffPost UK: “We can’t whip our MPs to oppose this. There’s no chance they’ll protect him.”

Backbencher Clive Efford told the BBC: “Every Labour MP will be absolutely distraught at what he has done to our party and feel really let down, and they all understand that warts and all this has got to be put out in the open.”

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Richard Burgon MP told Sky News: “How on earth did [Mandelson] end up being appointed by the prime minister to the key role of ambassador to the United States of America? It’s quite incredible.”

He added: “We cannot have a situation where the government is dragged kicking and screaming to do the right thing.

“What’s really important is that we know exactly what happened which resulted in Mandelson being appointed US ambassador, so that means a paper trail.

“It also means knowing who pushed for it, who warned against it and who tried to overcome those warnings.”

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Starmer has published his own motion pledging to release the documents, apart from those relating to national security or that could harm relations with other countries.

Health secretary Wes Streeting said: “The prime minister’s going for maximum transparency here.

“He’s obviously drawing a line that people would understand and agree with, which is not releasing information where it might compromise our national security or where there might be information that might undermine international relations with other countries.

“Apart from those exceptions, the prime minister is going for real transparency here.”

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Brooklyn Peltz Beckham’s Father-In-Law Reacts To Family Drama

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Brooklyn Peltz Beckham’s father-in-law has spoken out about the public drama his family has found themselves at the centre of in recent weeks.

For the last few months, speculation has been mounting that Brooklyn is no longer on speaking terms with his parents, Sir David and Victoria Beckham, finally breaking his silence in a series of now-infamous Instagram posts last month.

In these posts, the Beckhams’ eldest son accused his parents of “performative” and “controlling” behaviour throughout his life, while also claiming they have “endlessly” tried to “ruin” his relationship with his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, to whom he’s been married since 2022.

On Tuesday, Nicola’s father, the billionaire Nelson Peltz, appeared at a WSJ Invest Live event, where People reported that he was asked “negotiating high-stakes situations, particularly playing out in public view” in light of the drama surrounding his daughter and her husband.

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“Has my family been in the press lately? I haven’t noticed that at all,” the 83-year-old quipped.

“My advice is to stay the hell out of the press. How much good did that do?” the entrepreneur and investor continued. “My daughter and the Beckhams are a whole other story. That’s not for coverage here today.

“But I’ll tell you my daughter’s great, my son-in-law, Brooklyn, is great, and I look forward to them having a long, happy marriage together.”

Nelson Peltz in September 2021
Nelson Peltz in September 2021

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Since Brooklyn’s posts, his famous parents have remained tight-lipped on the much-publicised family fall-out, and their representatives have not responded to HuffPost UK’s requests for comment.

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However, during an interview in the immediate aftermath, Sir David did make some well-timed comments about the “mistakes” that can be made on social media, particularly by younger people.

“Children are allowed to make mistakes. That’s how they learn,” he said. “That’s what I try to teach my kids. But you know, you have to sometimes let them make those mistakes as well.”

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Whether your nipples are your favourite accessory, or you’d like to show off your legs like never before, these sheer dresses are for the bold only. (Just think twice before you wear them to a wedding…)

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