To obtain the Mandelson Files you had to present yourself to a dusty counter in a parliamentary basement, there to ask a man - 'psst!', out of one corner of the mouth - if he had the goods.

Cabinet Office is expected to publish more than 1,000 pages related to former US ambassador’s appointment to role

The Cabinet Office will no longer release a summary document on the peer's security vetting ahead of his appointment as Britain's ambassador to the US.

Sources predict ‘toe-curling’ revelations as more than 1,000 pages of documents relating to his appointment as US ambassador to be published

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Happy Mandelson files’ release day, one and all. After months of speculation, the Cabinet Office has today finally released all the texts between ministers and Britain’s (former)…

Ministers were braced for embarrassing revelations ahead of the publication of the files on Monday afternoon

RECAP: Messages between ministers and aides published as part of the 'Mandelson files' show infighting and sniping abound within Labour.

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More than 1,500 documents into Peter Mandelson's appointment have been published

What they do have, though, are messages between Mandelson and members of the government who have had no choice but to comply.

In three volumes, with hundreds of emails, WhatsApps and memos, the Mandelson files handed over to parliament are one of the largest-ever government publications.

To obtain the Mandelson Files you had to present yourself to a dusty counter in a parliamentary basement, there to ask a man - 'psst!', out of one corner of the mouth - if he had…

Although the Cabinet Office published more than 1,500 pages of emails and texts relating to the disgraced peer's time as US ambassador yesterday, many believe they still did not…

Hundreds of documents showed ministers and officials sniping at each other over the fate of Keir Starmer's 'beleaguered' Government.