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Foreign Office says extent of US ambassador’s friendship with disgraced financier not disclosed when he was appointed

Keir Starmer initially said he maintained confidence in Mandelson – but has faced mounting pressure to sack the ambassador

COMMENT: Just when the prime minister hoped his fortunes might at last be turning, his now former ambassador to Washington is embarrassed to the point of sacking by new details about his friendship with his paedophile ‘best pal’ – and days before a crucial state visit by Donald Trump, writes…

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Peter Mandelson, the UK ambassador to the US and former Labour cabinet minister, is back in the headlines over his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

PETER Mandelson has been sacked as UK ambassador to the US following details of his relationship with the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein…

Mike Tapp says it is important to ‘get to the bottom of this’ but says Keir Starmer retains confidence in ambassador

The British ambassador to the US has been sacked over his ties to the paedophile financier

COMMENT: Calls for Keir Starmer to fire Peter Mandelson after the Epstein revelations are perfectly understandable, writes Simon Walters. But the US president’s impending state visit presents the prime minister with a diplomatic quandary of epic proportions

Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for help as he vetted an adviser claiming to have worked for the Israeli former prime minister