Labour Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson, has made a speech to the think tank Progress outlining the Labour Government's approach to the economy. Outlining Labour's committment to be "wise spenders", he said: "There is a real choice to be had between the progressive reform offered by Labour and the ideologically-driven retrenchment and deep cuts offered by the Tories. "Between policies ...

Peter Mandelson, Labour's Business Secretary, will today say in a speech to Progress and the Foreign Press Association: My argument today is that the challenges we face in 2010 make a far stronger case for the election of a Labour Government than at any time in the past thirty years. Why? Because this moment needs a government with a bold mindset. A progressive moment defined by the global ec...

Lord Mandelson, Labour's Business Secretary, today chaired a press briefing with key ministers to chart progress since the last Queen's Speech and preview Labour's Party Political Broadcast. Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, and John Healey set out the action the Government has been taking on employment, housing and social care. Labour's Party Political Broadcast, 'Fighters and...

Peter Mandelson is back.  Well, it's certainly a surprise, and it will capture the imagination for a few news-cycles.  But will it help Labour Party discipline? Mr Mandelson is as divisive as he is talented: his sworn enemies on the Labour backbenches (and in the current Government) are legion and the propensity of those close to him to start fights is also considerable. No one...

Peter Mandelson, one of the key architects of New Labour, talks to the New Statesman about the state the party's in, the plotters and his conversations with Gordon Brown Peter Mandelson has broken his silence to warn Labour not to "split the difference between the old left and new Labour" and instead develop a "harder edge" before an election he thinks can still be won In his most wide-rangin...

Great to see Peter Mandelson return to Government and how strange for a Labour Government to appoint a Lord to one of the key jobs in the cabinet. Mandelson is a big hitter who will not only be a competent Secretary of State but will provide Brown with the strategic counsel he needs on the major issues of the day. He also significantly strengthens the voice of business, free trade and de-regulatio...

The cup of green custard thrown in the face of Peter Mandelson the Business Secretary joins a wide range of substances with which Labour ministers have been attacked since the party came to power in 1997.

Following the Prime Minister's latest Cabinet reshuffle corrupt politician and all-round dodgy geezer Peter Mandelson is back at the heart of the Labour Government. Mandelson, who has spent the last 3-years in Brussels as EU trade commissioner, has rejoined the Government as Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. For those of you with short memories - worryingly th...

The New Labour project is not over, despite changes to government policy in the Pre-Budget Report, business secretary Lord Mandelson said last night.

Peter Mandelson's return to the Government was welcomed by his allies from the days of Tony Blair and by leading figures in the business world. However MPs from the party's Left attacked the appointment as a grave error by Gordon Brown.