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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 ...

With some of the brightest design talent in Britain working on it, the national celebration was meant to be a triumph of ...

Scotch whisky distillers have expressed their fears over the threat of “damaging” import tariffs being re-imposed on single malt across the Atlantic.

The reality star, who was best known for appearing on the Channel 4 series alongside his mother Linda McGarry and late ...

New structures and pronouncements mean little unless business takes them seriously — there is no appetite for talking shops ...

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?

The previously confidential government files released this week to the National Archives cover a huge array of subjects, from ...