Peter Mandelson, a government minister when Labour was previously in power more than 15 years ago, quit the House of Lords on Tuesday over links to Epstein.

The peer said he resigned his membership of the party to avoid causing it ‘further embarrassment’

Peter Mandelson, the UK's former ambassador to the US, was cited in new files released on Friday, revealing his close ties to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson…