Daily briefing Sunday 14th September

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0:45The Sunday Times has learnt the Prime Minister received a vetting report from the Cabinet Office before appointing Lord Mandelson U.S. Ambassador, which detailed how the Labour peer continued his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein after the financier was convicted over child prostitution. Downing Street sources insist Lord Mandelson misled Sikir Starmer, but the Labour MP Graham Stringer says the Prime Minister's position is vulnerable. He seems to be unable to take quick, reasoned decisions and explain them politically. He doesn't seem to have the basic skills that most politicians have. He's an example of an intelligent, skilled man, the top of his profession, whose skills are not transferable to politics.

1:32The Metropolitan Police says violence at yesterday's Tommy Robinson march in central London was wholly unacceptable. At least 25 people have been arrested. The Met Police Federation, which represents officers, told Times Radio 38 officers were injured. It's estimated between 110 ,000 and 150 ,000 people turned up in total, with Elon Musk among those addressing crowds. Social integration specialist Dr Rakeeb Ersan says there is a risk the march was counterproductive. I think that all too often these kind of events, you have these provocateurs involved. And I don't think they represent mainstream sentiment.

2:08I don't think they even represent sensible centre-right sentiment. So I think that the rally, perhaps it did more harm than good to these sort of traditional conservative concerns in the country. It's believed to be the largest right-wing demonstration in British history. Nigel Farage's claim his girlfriend was wealthy enough to buy their home on her own has been undermined by past comments about her struggling for money. The Reform UK leader initially said that he bought the£885 ,000 home in Clacton. Before it emerged, Law Ferrari is the sole name on the deed. There's no mortgage registered, meaning she bought the house in cash.

2:42Ms Ferrari has previously said she couldn't afford rent and that she worked as a waitress to make ends meet. Mr Farage denies lending her money to buy the house to avoid a higher rate of stamp duty. The head of the largest teaching union wants all full-time teachers to get one day a week working from home. Daniel Cabede from the National Education Union wants them to get a planning day to bring down the amount of preparation teachers do in the evenings or at the weekends. The Sunday Times' education editor Louise Eccles says the focus is on retention. About 10 % of the workforce is leaving every year.

3:16Most of that is resignation rather than retirement, which really puts us at odds with other European countries like France, where the majority are retirement, not resignation. So I think this is the union trying to think of ways that we can stem the tide of resignations. And Jakob Ingebrigtsen has suffered a shock exit in the heat of the men's 1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The 24-year-old Norwegian has already won the event at the Olympics, the World Indoor Championships and the Diamond League. Don't forget to subscribe to The Times News Briefing on Spotify or listen live to Times Radio online.

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