Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleLord Peter Mandelson with Sir Keir Starmer (PA Wire)Lord Peter Mandelson declined to comply with a government request to hand over his WhatsApp messages and other personal phone information regarding his appointment as US ambassador. A note on the methodology stated the government had written to Lord Mandelson’s solicitors to request information held on his personal phone but this was denied.The revelation comes as thousands of documents and messages detailing Lord Mandelson's appointment and activities as US ambassador have been published by the Government, described by Downing Street as an "unprecedented piece of Government transparency". The House of Commons ordered the publication of these documents following revelations about Lord Mandelson's ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelson was sacked from the ambassadorial role in September 2025, nine months into his term, after further details emerged about his friendship with Epstein, which subsequently led to a Metropolitan Police investigation. In fullMandelson files latest: Starmer set for humiliation as secret WhatsApp messages releasedThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Mandelson ‘declined to comply’ with government request for his WhatsApp messages
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleLord Peter Mandelson with Sir Keir Starmer (PA Wire)Lord Peter Mandelson declined to comply with a government request to hand over his WhatsApp messages and other personal phone information regarding his appointment as US ambassador. A note on the methodology stated the government had written to Lord Mandelson’s solicitors to request information held on his personal phone but this was denied.The revelation comes as thousands of documents and messages detailing Lord Mandelson's appointment and activities as US ambassador have been published by the Government, described by Downing Street as an "unprecedented piece of Government transparency". The House of Commons ordered the publication of these documents following revelations about Lord Mandelson's ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelson was sacked from the ambassadorial role in September 2025, nine months into his term, after further details emerged about his friendship with Epstein, which subsequently led to a Metropolitan Police investigation. In fullMandelson files latest: Starmer set for humiliation as secret WhatsApp messages releasedThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
