Mills linked to mafia go-between

Fresh doubts about the business affairs of Tessa Jowell's husband emerged yesterday with the discovery that he set up a company whose directors included a man acting as the intermediary between Silvio Berlusconi's political party and the mafia.

David Mills, a corporate lawyer, carried out the appointment of Marcello Dell'Utri as a director on the board of Publitalia International, a London-registered media advertising agency on the day of the company's incorporation in 1985.