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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Mandelson lobbied hard for advisory firm after Labour victory, papers show

Mandelson walking along wet pavement
Documents show how active Peter Mandelson was after the election to work his government contacts. Photograph: Richard Lincoln/Alamy

Peter Mandelson, as president of his then advisory firm Global Counsel, lobbied hard for ministers to attend his events and to meet his firm’s staff in the months after Labour’s general election win, newly released documents reveal.

Emails and WhatsApp exchanges show how active the Labour peer was after the election to work his contacts within government to the potential advantage of both his company and his then campaign to be chancellor of Oxford University.

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