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

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.

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

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

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…