Sources say that the prime minister was not aware of new emails between Mandelson and Epstein when he defended the former UK ambassador to the US at PMQs.

Sir Keir Starmer refuses to say whether he was aware of Lord Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein before appointment

PM says he has confidence in ambassador when questioned in the Commons by Lib Dem and Tory leaders

The Government would have known about the emails sent by Lord Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein after the financier was convicted of child prostitution, a minister has suggested.

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The Foreign Affairs Select Committee of MPs are reported to have tried to get Lord Mandelson to appear in Britain to give evidence on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The Tories urge the PM to "come clean" on what he knew about Lord Mandelson's links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Timeline shows Labour grandee had long been close to Epstein, even after his first conviction

Lord Mandelson then backed by Sir Keir at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday before he was dramatically sacked on Thursday as Britain's ambassador to the US.

Sources say that the prime minister was not aware of new emails between Mandelson and Epstein when he defended the former UK ambassador to the US at PMQs.

Lord Mandelson was sacked on Thursday after his ties to Epstein - but questions continue over why he was appointed as US ambassador in the first place

PM understood not to have seen messages from former ambassador to sex offender when speaking in Commons

PM under intense pressure to explain what he knew before PMQs last week when he gave the former US ambassador his backing

Finally breaking his silence since sacking the US ambassador last week, the premier struggled to address questions about what he knew and when.

The prime minister said the ‘nature and extent of the relationship’ between convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Lord Mandelson is ‘far different to what I’d understood to be…

UK PM said he would not have appointed Mandelson as US ambassador had he known the extent of the envoy’s relationship with the sex offender.

UK PM said he would not have appointed Mandelson as US ambassador had he known the extent of the envoy’s relationship with the sex offender.

If the Prime Minister did not read Mandelson’s emails to Epstein until now, why did he publicly declare confidence in the ex-ambassador?

Sir Keir finally broke cover in an interview in which he insisted he would never have appointed the controversial peer as US ambassador if he had known the full truth about his…