No.10 Spokesperson Rejects Accusations Of A 'Cover-Up' In Mandelson Files

Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, leaves his house in London, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson has rejected accusations of a “cover-up” over the Peter Mandelson files.

The government released the first tranche of its documents relating to the former Labour peer’s appointment as a US ambassador on Wednesday.

Ministers were forced to publish the files amid wider questions over how much No.10 knew about Mandelson’s...