Downing Street confirmed on Tuesday the PM uses the disappearing messages function on the messaging services, meaning conversations with the disgraced peer could not be found

The files reveal Lord Mandelson’s damning opinion of the government, with the disgraced politician saying the PM ‘lacks verve’

Keir Starmer will gather ministers in Downing Street amid the fallout from 1,500 pages of evidence about Mandelson's disastrous appointment as US ambassador.