According to revelations by the Guardian on Thursday, April 16, the former ambassador to the United States, implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein affair, was sent to Washington without having received the necessary security clearance. Keir Starmer said on Friday that he was stunned not to have been informed.

The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as envoy to the Trump administration has backfired spectacularly and could bring down the prime minister.

According to revelations by the Guardian on Thursday, April 16, the former ambassador to the United States, implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein affair, was sent to Washington…

PM said he was ‘staggered’ not to have been told that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting before becoming ambassador to the US

Keir Starmer faces intense scrutiny from MPs over the Mandelson scandal amid growing calls for his resignation.

PM Starmer faced fresh calls to quit last week after it was revealed that Mandelson − whose friendship with late convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was long known − had…