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Blair warned against using Mandelson
Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned today by a union boss against using "back seat drivers" such as Peter Mandelson or Alastair Campbell in his shake-up of Government communications.

Transport and General Workers general secretary Sir Bill Morris said that would be a "recipe for chaos".

He was speaking against a backdrop of reports that ex-Cabinet minister and Labour communications director Mr Mandelson or even the resigning Mr Campbell himself might still advise the premier on news management.

Soldiers' bodies are returned home
The bodies of the 50th ...