All news on the topic: Peter Mandelson

The Labour government failed to keep any written records of meetings between clients of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm and top civil servants, an investigation by openDemocracy has revealed.

Let’s take a break from the Labour party beauty pageant for one moment, and turn towards The Andrew Formerly Known As Prince. As you may recall, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested in February (on his birthday, no less) and released pending investigation, on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Britain’s second most senior diplomat in Washington, who stood in as interim ambassador after the sacking of Peter Mandelson, has abruptly left his post.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of selling former Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone.

A note said to have been written by Jeffrey Epstein shortly before his suicide has been released, nearly seven years after the convicted sex offender was found dead in a New York jail cell.

These are desperate times for Sir Keir Starmer’s government, which faces annihilation in Thursday’s elections.

Andy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the Greater Manchester mayor expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government.

Firing of chief Olly Robbins cut short a radical program to reform the once-prized Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Kemi Badenoch has compared Keir Starmer’s government to a "bad episode of Game Of Thrones" as the Prime Minister fights for his political survival.

Sir Keir Starmer might have avoided a sleaze investigation into his handling of the Mandelson vetting scandal following a vote in the House of Commons - but 15 Labour MPs went against him as pressure remains.

Sir Keir Starmer’s former top adviser today admitted a “serious error of judgement” in pushing Peter Mandelson for US ambassador.

A vote on whether Sir Keir Starmer should face an inquiry for allegedly misleading the House of Commons over the Mandelson vetting scandal is a “political stunt by the Conservatives”, David Lammy has told LBC.

The parent company of The Bank of London has reported another significant loss in recently delayed accounts for the second year in a row.

The EU’s anti-fraud office has opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson following allegations he passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein.

Sir Sadiq Khan has said polls suggesting Labour is set to be decimated in London at the upcoming local elections “scare me” as he made a heartfelt plea to voters not to take their frustrations with central government out on councils.

Keir Starmer is looking increasingly isolated over his handling of the Peter Mandelson scandal with divisions emerging in cabinet over his decision to sack the Foreign Office civil servant Olly Robbins.

You can’t kill something that is already dead. New details about Peter Mandelson’s disastrous appointment as Britain’s ambassador to Washington can trigger more paroxysms of outrage in Westminster.

The former top civil servant in the Foreign Office has stated that Downing Street exerted significant pressure on his staff to support Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US Ambassador.

Keir Starmer’s team saw him as the ideal candidate for British Prime Minister when he took office in July 2024. But while winning an election is one thing, governing the country has proven to require a very different skill set.

Sir Keir Starmer will battle to save his job in Parliament on Monday by setting out further details of the “unforgivable” error by officials in not telling him Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting.