Mandelson ‘should get job back’

Former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson should get his job back if the Government’s inquiry into the Hinduja passport affair exonerates him, a senior Liberal Democrat peer said today.

Lord Taverne asked: ‘‘If the Hammond inquiry exonerates Mr Mandelson, will the Government act in the way in which an employer would have to act in the case of an industrial tribunal inquiry, and restore one of the ablest members of the Cabinet?’’