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MINISTER SACKING

Shabana Mahmood Poised to Remove Migration Minister Following Code Breach

UNION CLASH

Reform’s Zia Yusuf Warns Civil Servants Against Possible Strikes

BUILDINGS EVACUATED

Whitehall on High Alert Over Suspicious Package

PAID OFF

Mandelson Demands £547k After UK Ambassador Sack – Whitehall Slashes Payoff to £75k

PAID OFF

Mandelson Seeks £547k Payoff After UK Ambassador Ouster; Whitehall Cuts Settlement to £75k

NO FLIGHTS

76,000 Brits Stranded in Middle East After Iran Airstrikes – Evacuation Plans Underway 76,000 Brits Stranded in Middle East After Iran Airstrikes as Evacuation Plans Ramped Up

CALLING TIME

Shock Exit at Number 10: Top Civil Servant Sir Chris Wormald Quits Days After Chief of Staff Resignation

TERROR TAG

UK Hesitates on Iran’s IRGC Ban Amid EU Terror Label and Diplomatic Fears

FLIPFLOPS "ACT OF WAR"

UK Politicians Blast Trump’s Venezuela Raid as Starmer Stays Silent Amid Global Chaos

CABINET CLASH

Deputy PM Lammy Urges UK to Rejoin EU Customs Union, Sparks Clash with Starmer’s Brexit Stance