In an exclusive interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Virginia Giuffre's brother said, "he should never have been given the position".

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.

Mandelson had come under scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein after the release of a letter in which he purportedly described the late sex offender as "my best pal."