Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, criticised the prime minister for his absence and said he should ‘come clean’ about what he knew about the peer’s links to Epstein
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Sir Keir Starmer is not in parliament for an emergency debate on his handling of the Lord Mandelson scandal and questions about his leadership
The prime minister acknowledged on Monday that he knew about emails between Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein before he defended the peer in the Commons
Mandelson did not have national security vetting before his US appointment
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Starmer defended Mandelson after officials knew about Epstein emails, BBC understands
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Starmer backed Mandelson 'despite No10 being aware of Epstein emails'
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Starmer ‘defended Mandelson after No 10 had received Epstein emails’
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Starmer has further questions to answer
