The January 2025 story - headlined 'Team Trump's Revenge on Starmer for 'Meddling' in US Election' - saw the architect of New Labour frantically emailing Number 10.

A tranche of documents in March showed official vetting of Mandelson had warned of ‘reputational risks’ over his Epstein ties.

Criticisms revealed in major release of files relating to Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to US