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Claims of a Cabinet split over the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal are “guff”, a minister has said.

Asked whether there was a split in Cabinet, Home Office minister Alex Norris told LBC: “No, it’s a load of guff.

“If I had a pound, certainly under the previous government, for the number of times I saw Cabinet stories in the papers, my St George’s pints would probably be more multiple than there will be in reality.”

He added: “We’re getting on with the job, that’s what we’re doing and we’re united.”