The Papers: 'Mandelson files lay bare frustration' and 'The welfare party'

'Mandelson files lay bare frustration' and 'The welfare party'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMessages between Lord Peter Mandelson and ministers revealed in documents published by the government lead many of the front pages on Tuesday. The Guardian focuses on documents showing that Lord Mandelson "was receiving sensitive security briefings about the Foreign Office's work, and was in discussions with the head of MI6, before he had completed the developed vetting process". "1,500 page of documents do not contain any smoking gun" writes the i Paper in its lead story, although they "show how quickly some of [Prime Minister Sir] Keir Starmer's key allies lost faith in his ability to lead the Government". The prime minister's authority "crumbled", the paper concludes."Lord Mandelson schmoozed Britain's then-foreign secretary David Lammy by vowing 'I would make sure you never regret it' if he was made US ambassador," the Metro says, branding it an "astonishing boast before doomed job offer". The Mandelson files "exposed the toxic infighting at the heart of Labour", the Daily Mail says.The "Mandelson files" also reveal that the ex-Labour peer said the prime minister's leadership "lacks verve", the Independent reports.The Daily Mirror describes Lord Mandelson's message to ministers as "extraordinary treachery behind Keir Starmer's back". Another headline reads "King Kev: I've stage four cancer but I don't walk alone" over a photo of former England captain and manager Kevin Keegan. The Financial Times leads on Anthropic filing for a listing worth more than $1trn (£743bn), "setting up a three-way race with OpenAI and SpaceX that will test Wall Street's appetite for cash-burning AI labs". It also features the headline: "Mandelson files lay bare frustration at lack...