Cabinet Office, PM and Met urge caution amid police investigation linked to release of Epstein documents
Ministers have been warned not to publish their messages with Peter Mandelson after Wes Streeting released his private WhatsApp exchanges with the disgraced former ambassador.
In a message to officials, the Cabinet Office is understood to have said members of government should not share material that could be covered by a Commons motion forcing the release of documents relating to Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador.
The Met police are investigating alleged misconduct in a public office following claims that Mandelson passed market sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein when he was business secretary in Gordon Brown’s government in 2009.
The Met police issued a statement on Tuesday saying it was “vital due process is followed” so as not to jeopardise its investigation.
