Multiple outlets report that leaked messages involving Darren Jones, the UK Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, include a “so sorry” apology to Peter Mandelson around the time Jones is said to have been sacked. Financial Times describes a discussion between Jones and Mandelson and says the leaked communications show Jones talking about his own ambitions and making remarks about other colleagues. The Independent and other reports say the messages relate to Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador and note that certain texts were not published in the latest tranche of documents concerning that process. The Mirror and the Belfast Telegraph focus on the claim that the apology was made in a separate, undisclosed message, describing it as connected to Jones being dismissed over alleged ties linked in reporting to Jeffrey Epstein. The Evening Standard adds that, in the same undisclosed communications, Jones appears to criticise senior Labour figures including Chancellor Rachel Reeves and other colleagues. Across sources, the central points are that the reported “so sorry” message exists, that the documents are drawn from leaked materials, and that the exchanges are tied to political events around Jones’s sacking and Mandelson’s ambassadorial appointment.