Jun 1, 2026 10:49 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — His poll ratings are dismal and rivals are eyeing his job. Now British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces more embarrassment on Monday with the publication of hundreds of pages of files about former U.K. ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson, a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The government complied with a demand by lawmakers to release documents related to Mandelson's appointment to, and conduct in, the U.K.'s most important diplomatic post.
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Among the more than 1,000 pages of documents is a note from Mandelson to then-Foreign Secretary David Lammy before his appointment pledging the government would "never regret" giving him the job.
