Questions mounting over how much PM’s chief of staff knew before Labour peer was sacked

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

Downing Street rowed in behind the under-fire chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, on Friday morning amid questions over his involvement in the appointment of Peter Mandelson

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’s chief of staff under pressure after claims the PM was not shown emails from Lord Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein

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

Morgan McSweeney has shown poor political judgment by attempting to save the career of his long-time friend and ally

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

Questions mounting over how much PM’s chief of staff knew before Labour peer was sacked

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

A breakdown of who knew what in the latest crisis to engulf the Labour Party