Starmer’s Political Fate Faces Test from Top Official He Fired
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Good morning. Keir Starmer faces another reckoning on Peter Mandelson in parliament. Donald Trump aims to seal a deal with Iran as he says a truce extension is unlikely. And Trump’s pick to head the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, heads to the Senate for a confirmation hearing. Listen to the day’s top stories.
Keir Starmer’s political fate rests in the hands of Olly Robbins, a little-known bureaucrat he fired last week. Robbins will today testify in the House of Commons about whether the UK prime minister knew about Mandelson’s vetting failure, or worse, pressured the Foreign Office to rubber-stamp his appointment as US ambassador.