The Mandelson furore has been reignited after the emergence of embarrassing WhatsApps from Darren Jones - which were not included in this week's huge data dump.

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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.

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.

Ministers were braced for embarrassing revelations ahead of the publication of the files on Monday afternoon

Documents contain WhatsApps with senior government ministers, emails between officials, and handwritten notes from Lord Mandelson, who described No10 as 'beleaguered and bereft'

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.

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

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

In three volumes, with hundreds of emails, WhatsApps and memos, the Mandelson files handed over to parliament are one of the largest-ever government publications.

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…

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

Although the Cabinet Office published more than 1,500 pages of emails and texts relating to the disgraced peer's time as US ambassador yesterday, many believe they still did not…

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…

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.

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

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart says it ‘beggars belief’ there were not more exchanges between Mandelson and the PM