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Sir Keir Starmer will face his Cabinet Ministers on Tuesday morning following the release of thousands of messages relation to Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US.

The more than 1,000 pages of documents in the second tranche released on Monday included records of WhatsApp exchanges between Lord Mandelson and Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden that revealed the latter’s frustration with his colleagues.

In May 2025, in the wake of local election setbacks and the Runcorn by-election defeat, Mr McFadden said: “Lot of manoeuvring here this week. Angela (Rayner), Gordon (Brown). Doesn’t feel good for Keir.”

He also complained that Labour MPs were “asking the wrong questions”.

“Every meeting I have is ‘who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others’,” he said.

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