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That’s obviously why he chose the festive season to announce Peter Mandelson’s appointment as Britain’s next ambassador to the United States. Maybe he thought we wouldn’t notice until it ...

Downing Street would not be drawn on whether Keir Starmer would like Lord Mandelson to work with Farage, but No 10 insiders ...

Some worry that Mandelson will see Trump 2.0 as something to be weathered rather than a revolution in U.S. politics that will ...

As the year draws to a close, we look back at the lives of some well-known Westminster names who have died over the past 12 ...

The reality star, who was best known for appearing on the Channel 4 series alongside his mother Linda McGarry and late ...

Downing Street has launched a robust defence of Lord Peter Mandelson, following a vicious attack on him by a Donald Trump ...

Sir Keir Starmer is to make his most controversial senior appointment yet by naming Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US. The former cabinet minister and Brussels commissioner is a ...

A source close to Mandelson, a former EU trade commissioner defended the plan, arguing that UK-US relations must be managed ...

Lord Peter Mandelson will be the UK’s ambassador to the US when Donald Trump returns to the White House (Jonathan Brady/PA) The next British ambassador to the US needs to make his voice “the ...