MPs chastise Starmer over Mandelson scandal
Financial Times
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Tim Cook will step down as Apple’s chief executive in September, representatives for US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ held discussions with DP World about managing supply chains in Gaza, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer fended off calls for him to quit over the Peter Mandelson vetting affair.
Plus, wealth advisers at banks and independent brokerages generated billions of dollars in fees by steering individual investors into private market funds.
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https://www.ft.com/content/9f8d01dd-4ef8-475e-8b76-9cb0e325fb60?accessToken=zwAAAZ5Gt0GflNOhHXWoWIVNZdOXwQyrhfffTdOfjQHdTvhHXtOLdpyw4yX7YNONYqdNd9BNyNOo8TI0fvTy3tOHO4Zr_RdCbdOMsaNFZuLh1AE.MEQCIEjdcKeQVRcpBHarSG2YO2JJz_k3Bq1PXl6HO5-LDFvmAiB1ir6wRQfjgH9hFsn5YEB9zKE4DPk5Rwpgmp3LOGz6Wg&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Keir Starmer was told to vet Peter Mandelson before appointing him
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