Keir Starmer is facing another battering over the Lord Mandelson scandal with a three-hour 'emergency' Commons debate slated for this afternoon.

Keir Starmer will field questions for the first time since the sacking of the US ambassador over extraordinary emails sent to Jeffrey Epstein.

Downing Street was in meltdown as Keir Starmer lurched into a fresh crisis. The PM struggled to explain why he kept backing Peter Mandelson in another disastrous day.

Keir Starmer is facing another battering over the Lord Mandelson scandal with a three-hour 'emergency' Commons debate slated for this afternoon.

The government benches were far sparser than those reserved for the Opposition as a three-hour 'emergency' debate kicked off.