Keir Starmer to publish 'big batch' of Peter Mandelson files in just hours
No10 will release the first batch of files relating to Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador in just hours, a Labour minister has confirmed.
Darren Jones, who serves as Sir Keir Starmer's Chief Secretary, said "the first tranche" will be published this afternoon and he will be "giving a statement to the House at that time".
Mr Jones told Sky News: "It's a big number of documents. The Government takes its responsibility to be transparent to parliament really seriously.
"And of course, on this issue of Peter Mandelson and his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, we all have a shared interest in bringing some accountability and transparency to these these issues.
"So the first tranche will be published this afternoon. A second tranche, though, will come later because there's been further work that we've had to do across government in response to the Humble Address, which is not quite ready.
"We have two other processes that take a bit of time, given the live criminal investigation with the Metropolitan Police, and the role of the Intelligence and Security Committee in Parliament has some oversight of it."
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Keir Starmer to publish 'big batch' of Peter Mandelson files in just hours
No10 will release the first batch of files relating to Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador in just hours, a Labour minister has confirmed.
Darren Jones, who serves as Sir Keir Starmer's Chief Secretary, said "the first tranche" will be published this afternoon and he will be "giving a statement to the House at that time".
Mr Jones told Sky News: "It's a big number of documents. The Government takes its responsibility to be transparent to parliament really seriously.
"And of course, on this issue of Peter Mandelson and his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, we all have a shared interest in bringing some accountability and transparency to these these issues.
"So the first tranche will be published this afternoon. A second tranche, though, will come later because there's been further work that we've had to do across government in response to the Humble Address, which is not quite ready.
"We have two other processes that take a bit of time, given the live criminal investigation with the Metropolitan Police, and the role of the Intelligence and Security Committee in Parliament has some oversight of it."
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