Kemi Badenoch questions PM’s version of events on Mandelson appointment

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has questioned the Prime Minister’s account of the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Key details in the Government files relating to Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US appear to have been “removed”, according to Kemi Badenoch.

The Tory leader told the Press Association “a lot of information is missing” including instructions she expected to see from the Prime Minister.