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The last time Britain sent him off to foreign lands, Peter Mandelson launched a hush-hush operation to dig into the personal and political lives of his new EU colleagues, files from 2004 reveal.

Lord Mandelson was briefed on how an EU counterpart spent his time with a “former elite prostitute” and another liked “going ...

Championed by Peter Mandelson, the sinister minister-without-portfolio, it promised visitors the most fantastic day out in their lives. “Well, not quite so fantastic as walking the dog in ...

Your Roots Are Showing, Ireland's premiere folk music conference, will return for its 3rd annual edition this month. Learn ...

If all political careers end in catastrophe, tech careers end in exclamation marks. When Sir Nick Clegg lost his Sheffield ...

The Health Secretary offered an olive branch to tech billionaire Mr Musk, urging him to work with the UK Government to tackle ...

The President-elect, commenting on news that an American oil producer was pulling out of the North Sea, said the UK "is ...

As I say a furious farewell to 2024 I have to pinch myself: how could a new government be so stupid in its first six months?