Nick Thomas-Symonds says he shares public’s ‘moral outrage’ over the former ambassador’s £75,000 severance payment
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A minister admitted that the due diligence report prepared for Keir Starmer before Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador in 2024 raised “serious questions”.
Asked about the report, which pointed to concerns over the former business secretary’s relationship with the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News:
The prime minister then did put those questions to Lord Mandelson. The prime minister has said he was misled. He deeply regrets believing the reassurances he was given.”
