Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, criticised the prime minister for his absence and said he should ‘come clean’ about what he knew about the peer’s links to Epstein

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure over the decision to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson

Despite the embarrassingly gushing content of the messages to his 'best pal', in which he expressed his love and support for Epstein, Lord Mandelson is said to feel 'hung out to…