A senior minister referred to Gordon Brown using the alias “John Pond” in an attempt to avoid leaks, an email disclosed by the US department of justice has revealed.

SCOTLAND Yard last night launched a full criminal investigation into claims that Peter Mandelson leaked sensitive government intelligence to Jeffrey Epstein. The Met Police will examine whether

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has lauded “first-of-its-kind” food and essentials distribution hub set to launch in the West of England.

Gordon Brown warned the government in 2025 about Mandelson as the Met Police investigate misconduct allegations.

Decision to invite the disgraced Prince of Darkness back into government in 2008 casts a long shadow over Labour

That is what makes the events of 2008 so striking. By then Brown was prime minister and in serious trouble. His young government was faltering, authority draining away. And in a dramatic, almost theatrical gesture, Brown reached out to Mandelson – then a European Commissioner – and asked him to return. Come back. Be part of my government. Save me.

Gordon Brown has told a new biography he was always against the "Project Fear" tactics used by the Better Together campaign during the independence referendum. The former prime minister is widely held to have played a key role in helping to secure a No vote in 2014.

It follows Lord Mandelson's resignation from the upper chamber amid allegations that he passed market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein.