Beginning of the end for Keir Starmer as Mandelson Scandal unravels
Euen Herbert-Small
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Keir Starmer is facing the most serious crisis of his premiership as his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States collapses under the weight of scrutiny. For a leader who has repeatedly framed himself as a former Director of Public Prosecutions with unshakeable judgement, this latest episode exposes a contradiction that now defines his political future.
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Starmer acknowledged in Parliament that he was aware of Mandelson’s long-standing friendship with Jeffrey Epstein at the time of the appointment, yet......
West Midlands Trains Brought Into Public Ownership as Government Pushes Ahead With Rail Reform
Euen Herbert-Small
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The government has taken control of West Midlands Trains, marking another decisive step in its plan to bring Britain’s railways back into public ownership. From 1 February 2026, services previously operated by West Midlands Trains, including London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway are now run by DfT Operator Ltd, the state‑owned company acting as operator of last resort. Ministers say the transfer will stabilise services after years of timetable disruption, cancellations and declining passenger satisfaction.......
Windrush Commissioner’s New MOU Raises Fresh Questions Over Home Office Control
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The Home Office has released the long‑awaited Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting out the powers and operating framework of the Windrush Commissioner, a document that reveals a tightly managed relationship in which the Home Office retains significant control over the Office of the Commissioner intended to scrutinise it.
The MoU was signed on 22 January and published earlier this week only after journalists began raising questions about the Commissioner’s independence, including concerns highlighted in a recent JamRadio......
Royal London to Shut Sickle Cell Emergency Unit as Patients Warn of A&E Hell
30 January 2026
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The Royal London Hospital’s Sickle Cell Emergency Care Day Unit, widely described by patients as a “lifeline” is set to close today ending its six-month pilot, leaving families fearing a return to what many call “A&E hell.” For a condition that can turn fatal in hours, the decision has sparked anger, anxiety and renewed scrutiny of how the NHS treats sickle cell patients, most of whom are of African or Caribbean heritage.
Sickle cell crises can strike without warning, causing extreme......
Beloved BBC Star Carol Kirkwood Confirms Retirement After Decades On Air
January 27, 2026
By TracyAnn Dunkley
Celebrity & Entertainment Reporter
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Carol Kirkwood’s announcement that she will retire from BBC Breakfast some time around April 2026 with the weight of a genuine era ending. She sat with the team she has fronted forecasts alongside for decades, speaking with the warmth and humility that have always defined her. Viewers across the country felt that familiar tug of affection; Carol has long been more than a weather presenter. She has been a reassuring presence in the early hours, a voice that could make even the bleakest forecast feel......
Britain abolished ESN but not the logic behind It.
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Britain likes to believe that Educationally Subnormal (ESN) schools belong to a discredited past: a shameful episode closed, archived, and morally resolved. But ESN was not simply a policy, it was a worldview. One that treated white, middle-class norms as neutral intelligence and Black difference as deficiency. Thousands of Black children were siphoned out of mainstream education, denied exams, and quietly written off by a system that called exclusion “assessment.” The state has never......
Should an automatic by-election be triggered when an MP defects to another party?
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A petition demanding automatic by‑elections whenever an MP defects to another party has now surged past 105,000 signatures, forcing Parliament to consider it for debate. What began as a quiet call for accountability has become a national flashpoint, with voters insisting that they should not be represented by a party they never chose. As the signature count climbs by the hour, pressure is mounting on Westminster to set a firm debate date and acknowledge the growing......
Eric Huntley, Pioneer of Black British Publishing and Community Activism, Dies at 95
By TracyAnn Dunkley
Celebrity & Entertainment Reporter
Eric Huntley — the Guyanese‑born publisher, organiser, and towering figure of Black British political life, has died at the age of 95, prompting an outpouring of tributes from the communities he spent a lifetime empowering.
Huntley, alongside his late wife and comrade Jessica Huntley, co‑founded Bogle‑L’Ouverture Publications in the late 1960s, a radical publishing house that opened the door for Black writers long shut out of the British literary establishment. Their imprint brought the works of thinkers such as......
Windrush Commissioner’s Office staffed by Home Office officials, contradicting claims of being independent
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The government’s promise of an “independent” Windrush Commissioner is under fire after the immigration minister confirmed that the Commissioner’s office is staffed by Home Office civil servants — the same department responsible for the Windrush scandal and the failures that followed.
In an exclusive interview with JamRadio, the Minister for Migration and Citizenship, Mike Tapp confirmed that the Commissioner’s team is made up of Home Office officials, including a Chief of Staff......
Windrush Victims to Receive Faster and Greater Compensation as Major Reforms Take Effect Today
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The UK government has introduced sweeping reforms to the Windrush Compensation Scheme, with new measures coming into force today that promise faster payments, broader financial redress, and priority processing for older victims of the Home Office scandal.
The changes mark one of the most significant overhauls of the scheme since its launch, following years of criticism from survivors, campaigners, and community organisations who argued that delays and......
