The Metropolitan Police are reviewing CCTV from the day Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff had his phone stolen, according to reports.The loss of ex-top aide Morgan McSweeney's phone means that important messages relating to Lord Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador will not be placed in the public domain.It comes after MPs moved in February to force the publication of tens of thousands of documents with the aim of uncovering how much was known about Lord Mandelson

The Metropolitan Police are reviewing CCTV from the day Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff had his phone stolen, according to reports.The loss of ex-top aide Morgan McSweeney's phone means that important messages relating to Lord Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador will not be placed in the public domain.It comes after MPs moved in February to force the publication of tens of thousands of documents with the aim of uncovering how much was known about Lord Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein before the peer was handed the Washington job.