Peter Mandelson’s business emails ‘missing’, lobbying firm admits
An internal investigation by the lobbying firm founded by Lord Peter Mandelson has found that a “significant portion” of Lord Peter Mandelson’s work emails are missing.
The Global Advisor, which Lord Mandelson founded in 2010 but left when he was named Britain’s ambassador to the US in 2024, was wound up last week amid growing scrutiny over the disgraced politician’s friendship and business dealings with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Before calling in administrators, the company promised to conduct an internal audit of Lord Mandelson’s emails following the UK government’s announcement that it would release tens of thousands of messages from his time as US ambassador to Washington.
Concerned about the potential impact of this on the firm’s business interests, the company said it had initiated an internal review as part of its due diligence process.
The audit revealed a large gap with a “significant” number of emails missing. a report Times.
The article, which does not name its sources, states, “The company does not know how the emails were lost.”
The statement comes after Lord Mandelson was arrested on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office and was accused of passing sensitive information to Epstein during his time as business secretary. He was released on bail until May.
Global Counsel’s review of Lord Mandelson’s account revealed that the remaining emails contained interactions with senior government officials and ministers and were directly related to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador.
The messages in question are said to include messages sent to the then foreign secretary, David Lammy, and Sir Keir Starmer’s private secretary, Morgan McSweeney. The overall cache of emails dating back almost a decade is thought to reach 1.4 million messages.
Accordingly TimesLord Mandelson stopped access to his Global Advisor email address when he took up the post of ambassador to Washington in February 2025.
Global Counsel reportedly said that it was ready to give the emails to the government or the police, but did not receive a request to this effect before the company went into administration.
The company’s electronic devices and emails are now in the hands of managers.
This week the government confirmed that the prime minister could not override the ruling of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) on what documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador should be made public. The move comes amid persistent questions about the review process for Lord Mandelson’s appointment in 2024, and particularly about what was known at the time about his links to Epstein.
The revelation that the emails had disappeared comes just after the publication of the Epstein files prompted the European Commission to ask the EU’s anti-fraud agency to launch an investigation into Lord Mandelson’s time as trade commissioner in Brussels.
Independent Contacted Global Advisor for comment.
