Tories accuse Starmer of not revealing all his Mandelson messages – UK politics live
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart says it ‘beggars belief’ there were not more exchanges between Mandelson and the PM Nick Thomas-Symonds , the Cabinet Office minister, has defended Pat McFadden over his comment, revealed in the Mandelson files, about Labour MPs always asking “who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others” . In an interview with Times Radio, Thomas-Symonds said that McFadden was a “diligent, committed minister” and his views on social security and welfare “are ve…

