Potentially explosive evidence about Peter Mandelson‘s alleged efforts to influence a Cabinet reshuffle to secure more political influence for his allies has been kept out of the public eye.
Messages between the disgraced former ambassador to the US and Sir Keir Starmer‘s one-time chief of staff Morgan McSweeney were expected to be released as part of a second tranche of documents made public last week.
But their absence has sparked mystery in Whitehall, with suggestions they were being held back as the police probe into Mandleson’s alleged misconduct in public office widens its scope. However, that was dismissed by a Met source
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