Peter Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has cemented his position at Gordon Brown's right hand by winning full control of Labour's general election campaign team.

Peter Mandelson on the Andrew Marr show this morning: What the public wants to see us doing is the new ministers getting on with their jobs, they want to see us cleaning up the expenses system in Westminster, they want to see us intensifying out focus on the economy and getting out of the recession and

Remember John Kennedy? Well we Tories should do well to remind ourselves of the old adage; “we have nothing to fear but fear of Peter Mandelson”. The way the media and other cognoscenti have been talking in recent days (witness...

Gordon Brown has said that bonuses for the directors of any of the partly-nationalised banks have been suspended under the strings-attached agreement for taxpayers' bail-out money. Double standards: Why should we pay more for Peter Mandelson? It would be good if the prime minister applied this principle to his own government. Why on earth is Peter Mandelson, imminently to be en...

From the TUC: "Commenting on Peter Mandelson's return to government as Secretary of State for BERR, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: "At this time of massive economic uncertainty when millions fear for their jobs and living standards, it is vital that their interests are central to the Government concerns, and I look forward to working with Peter Mandelson, as he takes up this cruci...

  What now for the public sector?     As the dust settles on the General Election, the "horse-trading" begins. Are the politicians, who are seeking to negotiate coalition governments, talking about improving public services, creating real jobs and protecting pensions? Or are they talking about what cuts are coming and their own political careers? I think most people know the answer ...

A wet morning in Berlin and Peter Mandelson has come to the city that made bunkers famous to press the case for saving Vauxhall.

Has Peter Mandelson taken some sort of vow never to give a dull interview?  Since his return from Brussels, the Business Secretary hasn't opened his mouth without comitting news in some way or other.  This morning His Highness's personal contribution to preserving employment levels in the media industry has been to escalate the Damian Green row another notch...

More from William Hill: WILLIAM HILL have cut the odds about Peter Mandelson quitting the cabinet before the General Election from 10/1 to 8/1. 'Punters only want to bet that Mandy's cabinet comeback will be short-lived' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe. FOLLOWING his Cabinet re-shuffle, Gordon Brown is now an odds-on chance to lead his Party into the next General Election, ...

No, really: The Business Secretary, Peter Mandelson, has told senior colleagues that he backs plans for a state-run investment bank that would use public funds and private capital to back small business and large-scale UK infrastructure projects. Gosh! The new bank would be modelled on the KfW Bank in Germany, which provides funding for banks