Peter Mandelson handed back £1.3m from consulting firm he founded January 8, 2026 A consulting firm founded by Peter Mandelson handed back £1.3m to the House of Lords peer prior to his departure from the business, the firm’s latest accounts reveal. Global Counsel, a London-based public policy consultancy launched by Mandelson in 2016, had been lent £1m by the disgraced politician with interest paid “at commercial rates,” white [...]
Spotlight turns to FTSE 100 clients of Peter Mandelson’s advisory firm after government sacking September 12, 2025 After Peter Mandelson’s dramatic ousting from government over his close relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the firms that chose to partner with his consultancy Global Counsel have come under the spotlight. More than two dozen major corporations hired Global Counsel to conduct lobbying services over the past two years, disclosures from the Office of the [...]
Mandelson scandal is sickening, but it’s the economy that’s fatal for Starmer September 11, 2025 Despicable Peter Mandelson is deeply damaging for Keir Starmer, but it’s the economy that will collapse his government, says Alys Denby Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘birthday book’ is a sickening document. It doesn’t just contain damning messages from Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, but a cartoon depicting the financier grooming children to give him lewd massages, images [...]
‘Embarrassed’ Mandelson: More Epstein letters ‘going to come out’ September 10, 2025 Lord Mandelson has apologised for the “embarrassing” letter he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein in which he referred to the convicted sex trafficker as his “best pal”, saying he “regrets very deeply” continuing his relationship with him after he was convicted. The former Labour spin doctor, often referred to as ‘the Prince of Darkness’, said that [...]
Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties July 19, 2025 President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Miami. It seeks at least $10bn (£7.4bn) in damages. Mr Trump promised a [...]
FCA chief: Court delays denying victims justice June 12, 2025 Delays in the UK court system are denying victims of financial crime justice and preventing better regulation of the finance industry, the boss of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. Nikhil Rathi told City AM that his organisation was working “really hard to accelerate [its] investigations” but that the slow pace of high-profile court [...]
Ex-Barclays boss admits to sex with a member of Jeffrey Epstein’s staff March 13, 2025 The former chief executive of Barclays admitted at the High Court on Wednesday that he had sex with a member of staff working for Jeffrey Epstein at an apartment owned by the convicted paedophile’s brother. In his third day of cross examination as part of a legal clash with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Jes [...]
Ex-Barclays boss case against FCA over relationship with Epstein goes to court March 3, 2025 Former Barclays boss Jes Staley is seeking to overturn an FCA ban after he was found to have misled the watchdog over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein