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Starmer's Judgment Day: Robbins Testifies

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Keir Starmer faces a crucial week as Olly Robbins prepares to testify about a vetting blunder linked to Peter Mandelson, potentially damaging Starmers reputation further. Meanwhile, the government denies withholding information, and Starmers team works to mitigate the fallout. A Green Party MP criticizes Labour for dismissing working-class views on greyhound racing, and the government rejects most Windrush scandal payout requests. New polls indicate majority support for rejoining the EU.

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Starmer's Judgment Day: Robbins Testifies

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Starmer's Judgment Day: Robbins Testifies. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00On April 18th, Kier's Starmer is dealing with major heat over a vetting screw-up, tied to Peter Mandelson. Top government insiders are calling next week his judgment day, as Oli Robbins, who got pushed out of the foreign office over the fallout, heads to. Testify before a key group of members of parliament. Officials are pushing back hard, denying that cabinet bigwigs like Antonia Romeo and Catherine Little held back details they learned last month. The whole mess has Starmer's team scrambling to contain the damage. Robbins is said to be raging about his forced exit, and folks worry his account could torch Starmer even more. The prime ministers are already fending off louder calls to step down amid the growing scandal. On other fronts, a green party member of parliament slammed labor for mocking working class views, on keeping Greyhound racing alive in England. The government's also rejecting more than half the payout requests from win-rush scandal victims, and fresh polls show over half of British voters. Woodback rejoining the European Union if given the chance. This political firestorm is just heating up, so stay tuned as Robin Spills and Starmer fights to hold on.

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