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Then-UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting leaves 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting in London, Tuesday, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
May 16, 2026, 8:18 pm
UK’s ex-health minister Streeting says will run to replace PM Keir Starmer
Recently resigned minister says Labour needs ‘proper’ leadership contest; popular Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham also launches run, seen as favorite to unseat Starmer
By Agencies
FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media at Downing Street, in London, March 16, 2026. (Brook Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
May 6, 2026, 12:11 pm
Local elections in UK could hasten end of embattled PM Keir Starmer’s tenure
Amid Epstein-Mandelson scandal and economic struggles worsened by Iran war, the center-left leader faces a party crisis as expert says his ouster is matter of ‘when rather than if’
By Jill Lawless
UK Conservative Party MP Greg Smith at the Churchill War Rooms, in London, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
April 20, 2026, 1:55 pm
Iran ‘is our war,’ says UK lawmaker Greg Smith — contrary to PM Starmer’s claims
The new head of the Conservative Friends of Israel lambasts the Labour party’s handling of the US-Israel conflict with Iran, as antisemitism in Britain reaches ‘appalling’ levels
By Robert Philpot
Green Party leader Zack Polanski, center, and former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn (far left) join protesters holding placards and waving flags as they take part in a march against the far right in central London on March 28, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/AFP)
April 10, 2026, 3:42 pm
Jewish leader of UK’s Green Party calls to end trade, diplomatic ties with Israel
Zack Polanski also says Britain should block the US from using its airspace for strikes on Iran and ‘disentangle’ the two countries’ militaries
By Shira Li Bartov
Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer, right, celebrates with party leader Zack Polanski at a volunteer event after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election, Manchester, England, February 27, 2026. (AP/Jon Super)
February 27, 2026, 11:55 am
UK’s anti-Israel Green Party wins special parliamentary election, taking seat long held by Labour
Manchester race won by Hannah Spencer whose Greens, led by Jewish politician Zack Polanski, accuse Israel of genocide and support arms embargo; hard-right Reform takes 2nd place
By AP and ToI Staff
Britian's then-ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson, delivering remarks in the Oval Office of the White House, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 4, 2026, 5:14 pm
UK to release files related to Mandelson’s appointment as US envoy amid Epstein fallout
PM Starmer vows to ‘make sure that all of the material is published,’ says Mandelson ‘betrayed our country, our Parliament and my party’ by lying about ties to disgraced financier
By Jill Lawless
Then-British ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson speaks during the rededication ceremony of the George Washington Statue in the National Gallery in London, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
February 3, 2026, 7:58 pm
UK’s former US envoy quits House of Lords amid backlash over Epstein ties
Parliament preparing legislation to strip Lord Mandelson of title after released records show correspondence with Epstein, $75,000 in payments from sex offender in 2003-04
By Agencies
Then-British ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson speaks as US President Donald Trump makes a trade announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
February 2, 2026, 12:16 pm
UK’s former US envoy quits Labour Party over fresh reports of ties with Epstein
Mandelson, who served as a minister under Tony Blair, says reports he received $75,000 from Epstein are false, but is quitting Labour to spare party ‘further embarrassment’
By William Schomberg
Britain's former Conservative Party Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick shakes hands with Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, after announcing his defection to Reform, during a press conference, in central London on January 15, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/AFP)
January 16, 2026, 8:49 am
Ousted Conservative Party politician joins Nigel Farage’s hard-right Reform UK
Announcement of Robert Jenrick’s move comes hours after his sacking by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch for ‘plotting’ to defect to Reform in a ‘damaging’ way
By AFP
Kemi Badenoch with Robert Jenrick before being announced as the new Conservative Party leader following the vote by party members at 8 Northumberland Avenue in central London, November 3, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
January 15, 2026, 5:54 pm
UK’s Conservative Party leader fires chief rival after apparent plot to defect
Kemi Badenoch says ‘irrefutable evidence’ revealed Robert Jenrick was trying to bolt party — potentially to Farage’s Reform — in manner ‘designed to be as damaging as possible’
By Pan Pylas
Britain's newly announced leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, reacts after being announced as the party's new leader, at a media event in central London on September 2, 2025. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
December 27, 2025, 1:25 pm
UK’s Jewish answer to Zohran Mamdani is now one of PM Keir Starmer’s biggest challenges
One of Britain’s fastest-rising politicians, Zack Polanski, is taking his Green Party further down the road of far-left, anti-Israel politics — and reaping the political dividends
By Robert Philpot
Left: Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn attends an anti-Israel demonstration in London, February 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)/ Zarah Sultana, then a Labour MP for Coventry South, arrives for an interview with the BBC in London on July 21, 2024. (BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
November 30, 2025, 5:09 am
‘Toxic culture’: Chaos in Corbyn’s new far-left UK party as spat overshadows 1st gathering
Co-founder Zarah Sultana skips conference’s opening day, claims ex-Labour chief accused of antisemitism has led a ‘witch hunt’ against her backers; party to pick name, leadership
By AFP and ToI Staff
Britain's ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, speaks during a reception at the ambassador's residence on Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington. (Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP, File)
September 11, 2025, 7:06 pm
UK fires ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein
British Foreign Office says decision came after it was found that Mandelson’s relationship with the convicted sex trafficker was far different than previously thought
By Pan Pylas
Left: Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn attends an anti-Israel demonstration in London, February 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)/ Zarah Sultana, then a Labour MP for Coventry South, arrives for an interview with the BBC in London on July 21, 2024. (BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
August 9, 2025, 9:54 am
5 years after steering UK’s Labour to disaster, Jeremy Corbyn is back – with a sidekick
The anti-Israel politician known for his unrepentant response to an antisemitism probe launches a new far-left party with Zarah Sultana; experts say it may have more bark than bite
By Robert Philpot
UK Green party leader Zack Polanski in 2022. (Rob Browne/ Public domain)
July 13, 2025, 7:05 am
This Jewish non-Zionist wants to be the UK Green party’s answer to far-right populism
Zack Polanski is running a bid to lead the fiercely anti-Israel progressive party – and he’s using populist icon Nigel Farage as an inexplicable role model
By Robert Philpot
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