Cabinet minister Nick Thomas-Symonds was unable to provide WhatsApps for the Mandelson Files release after his handset was snatched last year.

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Nick Thomas-Symonds’ earlier communications with sacked U.S. envoy were not in Monday’s release of files on Peter Mandelson.