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  1. A man in a blue shirt and tie, with a dark navy blazer. He wears glasses and has grey hair.

  2. Split screen of Peter Mandelson and two plain clothes policeman arriving at one the addresses linked to him in London

  3. An image of a series of security gates in a prison - with floor-to-ceiling white metal bars. Above the first set it says "E/F Wing" and a prison officer - a bald man in a white shirt and black trousers - is opening the gate. We see him from behind.

  4. A composite image of Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson

  5. Benjamin Wegg-Prosser

  6. A woman sticks up a large sign reading "polling station" on the door of a church hall.

  7. Three people sat behind a table at a press conference, including the leader of Worcestershire County Council, Cllr Jo Monk, and Richard Tice, deputy Reform UK leader.

  8. Sir Keir Starmer walking away from the door at to 10 Downing Street with files under his arm

  9. Ken Weetch is looking at the camera. He has short, light brown hair and is wearing a suit jacket, white shirt and a red tie.

  10. Official parliamentary portrait photo of Neil Duncan-Jordan. He has white hair and is wearing black-rimmed glasses, a navy blue suit, with a light blue shirt and moss green tie.

  11. Shows a man with receding grey hair, a blue jack, light-coloured shirt and blue floral tie in the Guildhall in Derry.

  12. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, arrives for the weekly Government cabinet meeting at Downing Street on January 20, 2026 in London, England.

  13. A man in a suit with a pink tie. He is sat in a chair in a wood-panelled room and is looking to the side of the frame.

  14. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson speaking to children at a school in England

  15. Sir Keir Starmer in front of a red background. He is looking serious.

  16. US President Donald Trump

  17. George Finch leans against a wall. He is wearing a navy jacket and purple toe and white shirt. A sign to the right of the image reads "Leader of the Council"

  18. A rusting silo on its side in a green field, with a large industrial complex in the background, with green hills behind it and blue skies above.

  19. General view of the Houses of Parliament in London, with clouds and grey skies overhead. Palace of Westminster and Big Ben clock face.

  20. Lord Mandelson speaks into a microphone at the ambassador's residence in Washington. Behind him is a US flag, flowers and a painting on yellow wallpaper.

  21. Dan Thomas on stage smiling behind a lectern with a Reform UK banner on it at a rally in Newport. He is pointing at someone in the audience.

  22. A prison guard walking in a prison surrounded by white railings.

  23. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer answers the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain February 4, 2026