Darren Jones’s messages include requests for advice on the reshuffle and remarks about former business secretary Jonathan Reynolds

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

Watch live as the government delivers a statement following the latest release of documents relating to the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.

Mandelson wrote letter to UK foreign secretary in 2024 pushing for US ambassador role

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

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

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…

Peter Mandelson’s appointment as Britain’s ambassador to the United States continues to cast a long shadow over Keir Starmer’s government, with a newly released tranche of…

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Some in Cabinet fear they have been exposed to far greater scrutiny than a number of more senior colleagues, including the Prime Minister and Chancellor

Darren Jones’s messages include requests for advice on the reshuffle and remarks about former business secretary Jonathan Reynolds

Darren Jones told the disgraced peer he was 'so sorry' he had been forced out over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein .

Texts were not published in the latest tranche of documents related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Darren Jones is under fire after craven messages showing he told Peter Mandelson he was 'so sorry' he'd been sacked over his ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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Rigby told Sky News that she was unsettled by messages that showed Darren Jones sending Mandelson words of support after his sacking.

Cabinet ministers are braced for further texts sent to Peter Mandelson to leak