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Peter Mandelson

4 months ago

PM says he is sorry for believing ‘lies’ told by former Labour minister when he appointed him US ambassador

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Keir Starmer has apologised to victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s…

Pressure continues to build on the prime minister after he said he knew about Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein before his appointment as US ambassador

After the release of a vast tranche of documen…

Prime minister addresses appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador amid furore over links to disgraced financier
Gilt yields started to rise on Wednesday evening after the Prime Minister admitted he knew of Peter Mandelson's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein before appointing him as US ambassador.
The spoof comes with mounting pressure on Sir Keir - and speculation about Labour MP moves to topple him as PM - following the Mandelson and Epstein scandal.
As revelations about their links continue to drip out, messages show Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein exchanged sleazy jokes after the American financier was let out of prison 17 years ago.
As the political drama over Peter Mandelson spills into the Commons – with another climbdown and a damaging revelation – it raises the bigger question: How secure is the Sir Keir Starmer premiership?…
Peter Mandelson, a government minister when Labour was previously in power more than 15 years ago, quit the House of Lords on Tuesday over links to Epstein.
LIVE UPDATES: Keir Starmer's premiership is under growing pressure from Labour MPs, angry at his decision to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson to the role of ambassador to the US.

No 10’s misjudgment over Mandelson has left Labour MPs increasingly aware of the fallibility of the PM and his team

The debacle of last summer, when Keir Starmer caved in over welfare changes after pr…

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