Keir Starmer wants the Labour peer removed from the House of Lords but such a move is exceptionally complex
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Keir Starmer has said he wants Peter Mandelson out of the House of Lords, after the peer was found to have deeper links with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, including emails which suggested Epstein had sent thousands of pounds to Lord Mandelson’s husband.
Others appeared to show confidential market-sensitive information from inside No 10 was shared with Epstein while Mandelson was business secretary.
But removing Mandelson’s peerage is exceptionally complex – and there are many different routes it could take.
