UK officials denied Wednesday any conspiracy over the theft of a phone belonging to the prime minister's ex-chief aide after the government vowed to release messages related to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
The theft of Morgan McSweeney's mobile phone is raising questions about whether the government will be able to disclose all the relevant messages relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Britain's ambassador to the United States.
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