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WhatsApp messages revealed Labour MPs are not looking to raise taxes to fund more benefits
MPs say the civil service is failing to support their prime ministers adequately, claiming Whitehall can be obstructive. Baroness Cavendish, former head of David Cameron's policy unit, told BBC Radio 4's PM programme
MPs voted to force the government to publish all documents, including communications, related to the appointment of the peer as the UK's ambassador to the US. On Monday, a huge tranche of messages were
WhatsApp messages shown in the released files show generally formal exchanges, so it is possible that not much material is missing. But the Conservatives said the revelation about disappearing messages was alarming. Alex Burghart
Labour MPs were always asking [“who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/01/peter-mandelson-documents-published-keir-starmer-labour-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a1d924a8f08714896b9456a#block-6a1d924a8f08714896b9456a). Most of the rightwing papers are splashing on this today, and it has the potential
MPs, responding to consultations, attending community meetings, and working with others on shared local issues, the less our communities can be sidelined, spoken for or spoken over. There is also space for optimism. Across
MPs voted to force the release of documents about his appointment to the job, from which he was sacked last year following revelations about the extent of his relationship with the late convicted sex offender
WhatsApps are part of a vast tranche of data that MPs voted to release in February relating to Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador including texts with ministers and senior officials. Mandelson was sacked from
Labour criticism of Keir Starmer, including by Mandelson himself, who said the prime minister tended to [buckle under pressure and lacked verve](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/01/mandelson-criticised-starmer-lack-of-verve-buckle-under-pressure-files-released). Starmer’s decision to appoint
WhatsApp messages showed Mandelson being highly critical of Streeting to Pat McFadden, another cabinet minister. In the messages, Mandelson discussed Streeting’s lobbying of the government in July 2025, when he was health secretary
Labour peer, sent a WhatsApp message to Spencer Livermore, the financial secretary to the Treasury, in which he asked him for lunch. Lord Livermore, a former director of political strategy in Downing Street under Gordon