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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced to admit in Parliament that he was previously made aware of disgraced former Ambassador Peter Mandelson’s relationship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under political pressure and facing resignation calls after revelations about his controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US. The scandal centres on Mandelson's ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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.
Downing Street was tonight battling to contain the scandal amid a backlash over a slew of fresh revelations about Peter Mandelson's friendship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
Sir Keir Starmer’s authority took another damaging blow yesterday, after it emerged he knew about Lord Peter Mandelson’s ongoing friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he appointed him ambassador to the US.