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

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

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.

Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, criticised the prime minister for his absence and said he should ‘come clean’ about what he knew about the peer’s links to Epstein

Kemi Badenoch receives bigger cheer than she is used to in Commons as she accuses Prime Minister of ‘shrivelling from leadership’