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The Guardian Politics Tuesday 02 June 2026, 08:33 UTC By Andrew Sparrow 1 min read
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Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart says it ‘beggars belief’ there were not more exchanges between Mandelson and the PMPeter Murrell has arrived at court for a further hearing, following his admission that he embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP, the Press Association reports. PA says:Murrell, the party’s former chief executive, was brought to the high court in Edinburgh in a white prison van. He sat in the back wearing a dark suit with no tie.

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart says it ‘beggars belief’ there were not more exchanges between Mandelson and the PM

Peter Murrell has arrived at court for a further hearing, following his admission that he embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP, the Press Association reports. PA says:

Murrell, the party’s former chief executive, was brought to the high court in Edinburgh in a white prison van.

He sat in the back wearing a dark suit with no tie.

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