Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel went bust owing £4.6m, report says
HMRC owed more than £640,00 by company that advised clients such as TikTok, GSK and Palantir
Peter Mandelson’s former consultancy business, Global Counsel, went bust owing £4.6m – including more than £600,000 to the taxman – a report by the group’s administrators reveals.
The company, which provided advice to high-profile clients including Chinese-owned TikTok, US tech business Palantir and UK pharmaceutical firm GSK, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/20/global-counsel-peter-mandelson-advisory-consultancy-administration">collapsed into administration in February, after it lost a series of accounts over the peer’s relationship with the convicted child sex offender https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein.
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