55 babies died at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust between 2019 and 2023 that may have survived with better care.
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Is the Labour party having an ideological crisis?
11/2/2026 | 28 mins.
Morgan McSweeney – Keir Starmer’s closest aide and confidante – has left the Number 10 operation.
Our editor-in-chief Tom McTague asks, is it the beginning of the end for the Prime Minister – or the end of the beginning?
He speaks to deputy editor Will Lloyd.
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Keir Starmer is safe - but for how long?
10/2/2026 | 27 mins.
For days and weeks Westminster has been quivering with anticipation at the prospect of yet another prime ministerial resignation and leadership election.
But following the resignation of Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, MPs appear to have closed ranks, rallying around Keir Starmer.
So, no leadership election, at least for now.
But are his supportive MPs shoring up the PM - or just biding their time?
And can British politics ever break its addiction to psychodrama? SAVE £££ THIS CHRISTMAS: ⭐️ Gift big ideas, bold politics, and proper journalism from just £2
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Starmer's top two aides quit
09/2/2026 | 23 mins.
Less than 24 hours after Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigned, Tim Allan, director of communications, has quit.
Is this a rutheless clearout by the PM, or signs of an entire system collapse?
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Elon Musk asked to attend Epstein's "wildest party"
07/2/2026 | 37 mins.
Elon Musk’s Epstein lies, Draco Malfoy as a Chinese mascot and two Reform MPs “accidentally” voting to scrap the two child benefit cap.
Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn explore their stories of the week.
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