Day Headlines in Politics News: 2025-09-11
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Brazil's Former President Found Guilty Of Plotting Coup (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 21:32:16)
Brazil's Supreme Court reached the majority of three votes needed to find him guilty
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Starmer Sacks UK Ambassador to US (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 21:13:34)
The PM has sacked Peter Mandelson over his links to the US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
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Phillipson and Powell set for Labour deputy showdown (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 18:15:46)
The only other remaining candidate, Bell Riberio-Addy, failed to get enough support to progress in the contest.
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Starmer facing fresh questions after Mandelson sacking (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 17:32:15)
The PM is facing questions over what he knew about Lord Mandelson's friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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Calls for Mandelson to lose high steward role (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 16:12:52)
Hull councillors will hold a vote on the title after the peer's sacking as ambassador to the US.
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Caerphilly leader quits Labour and backs Plaid Cymru (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 15:22:35)
Sean Morgan quits as leader of local authority days after Labour launches its campaign.
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Chris Mason: Starmer is losing senior figures at the rate of one a week (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 15:01:12)
Lord Mandelson's departure follows a similar pattern to that of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner.
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Why did Starmer take the risk of appointing Peter Mandelson? (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 13:16:37)
Many Labour MPs think the prime minister should have seen the Mandelson scandal coming a mile off, writes Joe Pike.
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Peter Mandelson: Rise and fall of Labour's political fixer (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 12:09:04)
For 40 years the wily operator made himself indispensable to successive Labour leaders - but has also caused them headaches.
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Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 12:01:49)
A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.
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Man arrested over fire at Labour MP's office (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 11:58:20)
A spokesperson for Sharon Hodgson says the MP will not "will not be deterred".
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How Lord Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein got him sacked (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 11:07:38)
The BBC's Henry Zeffman analyses this latest development and what it means.
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Mandelson sacked as ambassador to US over Epstein links (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 10:13:18)
The emergence of emails show the extent of his relationship with the convicted paedophile, the Foreign Office says.
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Thornberry and Barker pull out of deputy Labour leader race (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 09:51:10)
The remaining candidates have to get support from 80 MPs by 17:00 on Thursday to progress in the contest.
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Barker and Thornberry pull out of deputy Labour leader race (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 09:51:10)
The remaining candidates have to get support from 80 MPs by 17:00 on Thursday to progress in the contest.
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'Revulsion' in Labour at Mandelson links with Epstein, says MP (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 09:39:45)
Sir Keir Starmer faces growing calls to sack the UK's ambassador to Washington after fresh revelations.
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Licence cancellations of migrant work visas double (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 08:49:56)
Bosses were said to have underpaid workers and helped them get around immigration rules.
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Thornberry pulls out of deputy Labour leader race (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 08:17:19)
Thornberry had gathered 13 nominations from Labour MPs, far short of the 80 needed to progress in the contest.
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Blow for UK drugs sector as Merck scraps £1bn expansion (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 07:29:33)
The firm, known as MSD in Europe, said there has been a lack of investment in life sciences.
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Watch: 'Dark moment for America', says Trump after Kirk killing (BBC News - Politics 2025-09-11 06:35:19)
Donald Trump said in a video statement that he was "filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk".