NEW: Responding to reports in The Sun about his messages to Jeffrey Epstein, Lord Mandelson has told the BBC: "I relied on assurances of his innocence that turned out later to be horrendously false. His lawyers claimed that it was a shake down of him, a criminal conspiracy. I

Watch: Housing minister Alison McGovern declines to tell me whether she is or isn’t running for Labour Deputy Leader at @The_TUC in Brighton. Camera crew @jonathansumberg

In failing to ask more questions about Angela Rayner’s political future, I think Kemi Badenoch has reopened a fresh round of questions about hers

There is definitely a touch more pessimism among some in government about the parliamentary maths than you would expect from the number who have publicly signed Rachael Maskell’s reasoned amendment. Don’t think that’s where government expected to be after concessions last week

I watched this happen on the morning of 4 June 1989 in Chang’an Avenue, near Tiananmen Square, the morning after the night’s massacre. Don’t believe the propaganda lie that no massacre took place: I saw 40 people killed in front of me before giving up counting in despair.

"We are horrified by the escalation from Israel," @Keir_Starmer tells MPs

Conservatives fall into fourth place with their lowest ever YouGov vote share, while Reform UK post their joint-highest lead since the election Ref: 29% (+1 from 11-12 May) Lab: 22% (-1) Lib Dem: 17 (+1) Con: 16% (-2) Green: 10% (+1) SNP: 2% (-1)

Another example of Government ops bods covering up a gorgeous setting with a bland boring backdrop. STOP IT.

Gambling charges: Met Police confirm that former PC Jeremy Hunt was attached to the Royalty and Specialist Protection Command at the time of his alleged offending. A further nine officers will face no further criminal action.

President @realDonaldTrump tells @BBCNews that the Prime Minister "was very happy on how we treated them on tariffs".

Some of the poorest or most crisis-ridden countries in the world are facing the largest tariffs including Myanmar at 44%, Laos 48%, Bangladesh 37%, and Sri Lanka 44%

UK gets 'minimum base line' tariff of 10pc from @realDonaldTrump on goods - EU gets 20 per cent imposed and China 34 per cent (but 25pc on ALL foreign cars, from midnight)

📣 Some news about me: Yesterday (Wednesday) I was detained by police in Istanbul, held for 17 hours and then deported from Turkey to the UK. Told I was “a threat to public order”. In the country I lived in - and love. Journalism is not a crime. Here’s the BBC’s statement:

BBC's Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after covering protests

Absolutely incredible. The Trump admin accidentally adds the editor of the Atlantic to a Signal group. Then Pete Hegseth sends him details of the US strikes on Yemen hours ahead of time incl. "precise information about weapons packages, targets & timing"

Something very strange is happening at @LibDems spring conference. @CliveJonesMP has just turned up dressed as a Thunderbird.

"Zelensky was not prepared to accept Trump’s claim that US investment and US citizens running the mines was as good a guarantee as the might of the US military. Foreign workers... get evacuated home as fast as possible when trouble starts" @BowenBBC

Any press officer to answers the phone only to say 'please can you put that in an email' is very much on Father Christmas' naughty list

In journalism, playing devil’s advocate is a necessary part of an interview This is not devil’s advocate. This is spewing factually inaccurate Russian propaganda at the interviewee and then pivoting to a completely separate issue when corrected. Embarrassing

Germany's far-right AfD party backed by @elonmusk