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Peter Mandelson

4 months ago

Asked if Morgan McSweeney had done more than any other figure to purge the hard left from the Labour Party, Peter Mandelson said: 'I'd have to say yes.'

Those pushing to oust the prime minister are unlikely to be deterred by his right-hand man’s departure

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Labour MPs have called for Sir Keir Starmer to stand down after his chief of staff was force to quit Downing Street over the Peter Mandelson scandal.

Pressure grows on Keir Starmer as Labour peer reported to have received payment worth three months’ salary when he quit in September

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A cabinet minister has called for …

New evidence about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has recently come to light.
The British prime minister has been under pressure since revelations about Mandelson's relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Longtime aide has said he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising PM to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

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Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has …

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff resigned over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S.
The Prime Minister and Lord Mandelson, who at the time was Britain's ambassador to the US, visited Palantir's offices in Washington DCin February 2025.

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