The Latest Breaking News from Peter Mandelson

Exclusive: As the furore erupts over Peter Mandelson heading to Washington DC as UK ambassador, a plan is believed to be in place for senior royals to be ‘front and centre’ in a charm offensive with the president-elect – and bypass his friendship with Nigel Farage

President-elect’s former campaign chief hit out at Keir Starmer’s choice for UK ambassador to the US

Donald Trump's presidential campaign co-manager, Chris LaCivita, announced his condemnation of the UK government's pick for ambassador to the United States, Lord Peter Mandelson.

Labour grandee will become UK’s top diplomat in Washington DC

Ministers hail peer as a heavyweight but others question the selection of a previously outspoken critic of party policy

The peer’s ability to manipulate the levers of power from the shadows earned him monikers such as ‘the Prince of Darkness’.

President-elect’s team deeply unhappy at Starmer’s choice for Britain’s new top diplomat

As the rumours began escalating yesterday about Peter Mandelson’s likely appointment as the next ambassador to the USA, I began thinking, as a gay man, about that special place of respect one must preternaturally keep for Mandy. Agree with him or disagree with him politically. That’s everyone’s prerogative. But personally,…

From Young Communist League member who sold the Morning Star outside Kilburn Tube Station to Tony Blair’s ‘Prince of Darkness’

Downing Street confirms appointment, with Keir Starmer praising his ‘unrivalled experience’

As Lord Mandelson prepares to work with re-elected President Donald Trump post-inauguration, The Independent looks at his rise from one of the UK’s first spin doctors