Peter Mandelson

She will have to steady a department recently rocked by the scandal over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.S. ambassador and the subsequent sacking of Olly Robbins as FCDO boss

Goldman Sachs senior counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is set to face congressional scrutiny on Wednesday over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Top civil servant seeks judicial review over sacking in Mandelson scandal

Political selections for ambassador posts should be subject to a veto by MPs, a parliamentary committee has recommended, as it made damning criticisms of how Peter Mandelson became Britain’s top diplomat in Washington

Under the coalition, the government set up a register of consultant lobbyists but there are several loopholes and exemptions that mean only 4-6% of lobbying activity has to be declared

Olly Robbins was one of the most high-profile casualties of the Peter Mandelson scandal after it emerged the Labour grandee, fired over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, did not pass crucial security checks

Yet his sympathy was not even on the public record, in the 1500 pages of new revelations about the Mandelson affair

Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, relating ​to the possible sharing of sensitive information with Epstein when he was special representative for trade and investment between 2001 and 2011

Westminster has been mesmerised this week by the messages of a famous Blairite, Peter Mandelson, especially his damning exchanges with fellow carrier of the Blair torch, Pat McFadden

Westminster has been mesmerised this week by the messages of a famous Blairite, Peter Mandelson, especially his damning exchanges with fellow carrier of the Blair torch, Pat McFadden

Texts were not published in the latest tranche of documents related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

The former victims minister has accused the government of failing to listen to the survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Westminster has been mesmerised this week by the messages of a famous Blairite, Peter Mandelson, especially his damning exchanges with fellow carrier of the Blair torch, Pat McFadden

A Labour minister has spoken out after embarrassing messages to Lord Mandelson revealed his frustration with Labour MPs over the ballooning benefits bill

Lord Mandelson was sacked from that role when the depth of his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein became apparent

Today, Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson dissect the files, picking out the parts that do reveal something– like how Peter Mandelson operated behind the scenes

But the latest tranche contained heavy redactions and the Prime Minister was forced to admit he had turned on disappearing messages with the disgraced peer

This comes after MPs forced ministers to publish over 1,400 pages of documents regarding his doomed appointment of Mandelson as US ambassador after the revelations about the closeness of his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

They shed new light on the contentious decision and heap more embarrassment on beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Explosive Mandelson files humiliate Starmer

Mandelson files expose Starmer’s misfiring government

Mandelson met future MI6 chief before full security vetting

Mandelson lobbied Oxford alumni to back him as university’s chancellor

MI6 boss warned Mandelson over hacking of emails

The despair felt by senior cabinet ministers at the failures of the Labour government are revealed in the latest volume of the Mandelson files

Peter Mandelson ‘contacted new Labour MPs with invites for dinner’

Red boxes are sometimes called ministerial boxes, and they're used by government officials and ministers to carry important documents or transport information securely

Mandelson files release: ministers prepare for day of humiliation

The omissions cast doubt on assurances provided by senior Whitehall officials to MPs on the foreign affairs select committee