McFadden is the Work and Pensions Secretary. That he thinks Labour is being far too generous on benefits and too gungho on taxes is seismic.

Today's incoming files release sets up yet another difficult week for Starmer, who was knocked last week by a damning essay from former Labour leader Tony Blair

The Government has finally published a thousand pages of incendiary material covering the New Labour architect's disastrous appointment.

The Government has finally published a thousand pages of incendiary material covering the New Labour architect's disastrous appointment.

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

Pat McFadden told Peter Mandelson in May last year: "Every meeting I have is ‘who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others’."

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.

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

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

The latest tranche of the Mandelson files will have a chilling effect on our politicians

Documents were published to reveal what ministers knew about his links to Epstein, but instead exposed government rifts

The vast trove of WhatsApps and emails reveal Peter Mandelson's influence across Government, where he advised ministers and lobbied for his own interests while savaging Keir…

The release revives a controversy that has dogged Starmer's government since reports emerged about Mandelson's past links to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey…

Tranche of 1,500 pages of emails and WhatsApps released on Monday

Keir Starmer fired Peter Mandelson when new details emerged about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. The fallout from the misjudged appointment has left the prime minister…

In a damning assessment of his own government, Sir Keir Starmer's former Cabinet enforcer Pat McFadden said it was asking the 'wrong questions'.

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

Lord Peter Mandelson was sacked as UK ambassador to the US in September 2025 after leaked emails showed the peer had sent supportive messages to Jeffrey Epstein even as he faced…

McFadden is the Work and Pensions Secretary. That he thinks Labour is being far too generous on benefits and too gungho on taxes is seismic.

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