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 Peter Mandelson to hand back the payout he received after quitting as ambassador to the US last year, as pressure increased on the prime minister to quit for having appointed him in the first place.
Pat McFadden, the welfare secretary, said on Sunday he thought the Labour peer should give back his Foreign Office payout, which is reported to be as much as £55,000. The Foreign Office is understood to be reviewing the payment.
Mandelson quit last year as Washington ambassador after further details came to light about his relationship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This week, he said he would stand down from the House of Lords after yet more documents were published, showing the relationship between the two men to have been closer than thought.
