3 h. ago Voices: ‘Error of judgement’: Starmer’s backing of Mandelson draws fury from Independent readers

Our community has criticised Starmer’s initial defence of Mandelson, questioning the prime minister’s judgement, and calling for accountability over the Epstein-linked scandal

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4 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked by Keir Starmer over ‘reprehensible’ emails to Epstein: Latest updates

James Roscoe has taken over from Lord Mandelson as interim ambassador while Downing Street finds a replacement.

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5 h. ago Mandelson’s sacking has left one big question – and it has nothing to do with Epstein

Lord Mandelson is part of a long list of key appointees that Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to sack for predictable problems, which poses big questions about his judgment, as David Maddox explains

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6 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked as UK ambassador to US over Epstein links

Veteran politician dismissed after days of criticism and email leaks

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7 h. ago Lord Mandelson sacked by Sir Keir Starmer over Epstein friendship after emails revealed

Emails reportedly show the peer sent his support to Epstein as he faced jail for sex offences

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7 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked by Keir Starmer after revelations over Epstein ties: Latest updates

Sir Keir Starmer had faced overwhelming pressure from his own party to force Lord Peter Mandelson to step down

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7 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador after fresh revelations over his links to Epstein

Sir Keir Starmer initially said he maintained confidence in Lord Mandelson – but has faced mounting pressure to sack the ambassador

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer sacks Lord Mandelson as ambassador to US over Epstein friendship

The New Labour grandee has been withdrawn over emails showing the depth of his relationship with the convicted paedophile.

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer sacks Peter Mandelson over Jeffrey Epstein revelations

Foreign Office says extent of US ambassador’s friendship with paedophile not disclosed when he was appointedUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has sacked Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.The Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty told MPs that Mandelson had not disclosed the extent and depth of his friendship with Epstein, a paedophile financier, when he was appointed as the ambassador. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer sacks Peter Mandelson over Jeffrey Epstein ties

Foreign Office says extent of US ambassador’s friendship with disgraced financier not disclosed when he was appointedUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has sacked Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.The Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty told MPs that Mandelson had not disclosed the extent and depth of his friendship with Epstein, a convicted child sex offender, when he was appointed as the ambassador. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked as UK ambassador to the US over Epstein links

Veteran politician dismissed after days of criticism and email leaks

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8 h. ago UK's Starmer fires Britain's ambassador to the US over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired the U

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8 h. ago Lord Mandelson sacked by Keir Starmer after revelations about Jeffrey Epstein relationship

The Prime Minister asked Lord Mandelson to be withdrawn as ambassador to the United States, Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty told MPs.

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8 h. ago Who is Peter Mandelson? The controversial Labour grandee sacked after extent of Epstein links revealed

From Young Communist League member who sold the Morning Star outside Kilburn Tube Station to Tony Blair’s ‘Prince of Darkness’

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8 h. ago Keir Starmer sacks Lord Mandelson after pressure over links to Epstein

Lord Peter Mandelson, who served in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's cabinets, has been sacked by Keir Starmer over mounting pressure over the former MPs links to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

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8 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked as UK ambassador to US over Jeffrey Epstein scandal

The Labour peer was dismissed amid growing alarm over his links to the late Epstein.

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9 h. ago Timeline of Mandelson’s association with paedophile financier Epstein

The British ambassador to the US’s links to Jeffrey Epstein go back decades.

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10 h. ago Peter Mandelson facing sacking calls by SNP over links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

SNP Westminster chief Stepen Flynn demanded Prime Minister Keir Starmer sack Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US.

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10 h. ago Lord Mandelson: ‘Dark lord’ of New Labour facing pressure over Epstein links

Peter Mandelson resigned twice from cabinet in 1998 and 2001, under the Blair government.

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10 h. ago Pressure mounts on Mandelson over ‘sickening’ links to Epstein

A Government minister said emails between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein made him ‘shudder’.

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