Foreign policy
June 2026
Mandelson received sensitive Foreign Office briefings before vetting finished
Documents also reveal internal Labour criticism of Keir Starmer in embarrassing detail
New food exports deal signals end to Brexit ‘sausage wars’
Mitigating Mandelson risks would have been impossible, says former MI6 chief
Key questions over Mandelson vetting: did ‘mitigations’ cover links to China and Russia?
Brexiters peddled ‘nationalistic pish’, said Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate
Starmer urged to intervene in ‘rigged’ Indian prosecution of British human rights activist
British Council is a strategic asset in post-Brexit era
UK needs ‘national consensus’ over rejoining EU, David Miliband says
UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study
UK pitched single market for goods with EU in pursuit of deeper trade ties
Exclusive: Top British official presented idea in Brussels but sources say it was rebuffedSoft power sell-off: anger as British Council announces sale of historic Madrid building
Backlash grows among European staff against radical cuts to pay off Covid-era debt, with some accusing council of ‘colonial attitude’Electoral reform and reversing Brexit: they’re more connected than you might think
Tom BaldwinLabour’s emerging leadership contest is reopening the EU debate. But if we want to rejoin, Britain needs a more European voting system first, says former senior adviser to the Labour party, Tom Baldwin
Diplomat who abruptly left Washington embassy was honoured by the king
- Politics live with Andrew SparrowStarmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield byelection – as it happened
The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: international upheaval demands new terms of debate
British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut
- Rights and freedomForced disappearances, killings and torture: why is Ecuador’s brutal drug war being backed by the west?
The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut
Rafael Behr
Free up fertiliser supplies to avert global food crisis, Yvette Cooper urges
No ‘tailor-made’ deal for UK if it wants to rejoin bloc, say former EU Brexit officials