Labour had feared that the president could use the visit, which starts tonight, to lambast the PM over freedom of speech in the UK.

With scandals testing the British PM’s grip on power, officials fear a press event dominated by the disgraced financier could irk Trump.

Exclusive: US concerns over free speech in the UK expected to be high on the agenda between Starmer and Trump during the state visit, with the UK side in chaos after Mandelson’s…