Peter Mandelson lobbied Labour ministers for advisory firm after 2024 election win, documents show
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Daniel Boffey
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Summary
Newly released emails and WhatsApp messages reveal that Peter Mandelson, as president of his advisory firm Global Counsel, aggressively lobbied Labour ministers for meetings and event attendance shortly after the party's 2024 general election victory. The communications show the Labour peer leveraging his government contacts to benefit both his consulting business and his campaign to become chancellor of Oxford University.
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· 3 pulledJust a few days after the 2024 general election, Mandelson, a Labour peer, sent a WhatsApp message to Spencer Livermore, the...
Emails and WhatsApp exchanges show how active the Labour peer was in the wake of the election to work his contacts within government
Mandelson, as president of his then advisory firm Global Counsel, lobbied hard for ministers to attend his events and to meet his firm's staff
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