Female MPs accuse Labour of being a 'boys' club'

Thursday, February 12, 2026

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Female MPs have turned on Keir Starmer over 'boys' clubs' scandals, police are in talks with prosecutors over Andrew's links to Epstein, and the PM demands an apology from Man Utd billionaire over 'offensive' comments about migration.

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1 | Furious women MPs turn on Starmer over 'boys' club' Mandelson and Doyle scandals

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2 | Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek dies aged 48 after cancer battle

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3 | Starmer demands apology from Jim Ratcliffe over 'offensive' comments

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4 | Police investigating Andrew's Epstein links are in talks with prosecutors

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5 | Epstein told Emirati billionaire he 'loved the torture video' and shared sex messages in unredacted files

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