Thousands of documents related to Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment and activities as ambassador to the US will be published on Monday afternoon, Downing Street has said.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the publication of the files, the second tranche relating to Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to give the prestigious Washington job to Lord Mandelson rather than a career diplomat, would be an “unprecedented piece of Government transparency”.
The whole of Government effort to uncover files relating to the posting is expected to include declassified documents as well as information of a party political nature, No 10 said.
Ministers are braced for further embarrassment over revelations in the files, which are reportedly set to include thousands of WhatsApp messages likely to contain the private views of senior Government figures.
