2 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein's 'best pal' Lord Mandelson says he might have been murdered in jail

Peter Mandelson, whose left red-faced after the extent of his friendship to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, thinks that his former friend could have been murdered in jail

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4 h. ago Lord Mandelson gave advice to 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein as he faced criminal charges

Fresh revelations pile pressure on Britain’s ambassador to the US as Sir Keir Starmer urged to sack him

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer ally Bridget Phillipson sails through to next stage of Labour deputy leadership race as field slims to five after fellow minister drops out

The Education Secretary, who is being viewed as No10's de facto candidate, has now been nominated by 116 MPs in the battle to become Labour's number two.

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5 h. ago Labour MPs turn on Starmer after PM backs Mandelson despite ‘best pal’ Epstein revelations

PM under pressure to sack Labour peer as it’s claimed he advised paedophile: 'Fight for early release. Your friends love you'

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6 h. ago Epstein birthday wishes stir up storm for ‘best pal’ Mandelson

UK’s ambassador to Washington fighting to avoid being forced out of third frontline public job

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6 h. ago Lord Mandelson urged 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' as paedophile was facing jail for child sex offences and told him: 'Your friends love you'

British ambassador Lord Mandelson kept his relationship with 'best pal' paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for four years after he was jailed for sex offences, emails reveal

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7 h. ago Lord Mandelson urged 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' AFTER paedophile was facing jail for child sex offences and told him: 'Your friends love you'

British ambassador Lord Mandelson kept his relationship with 'best pal' paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for four years after he was jailed for sex offences, emails reveal

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7 h. ago Lord Mandelson urged 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' AFTER paedophile was convicted of child sex offences and told him: 'Your friends love you'

British ambassador Lord Mandelson kept his relationship with 'best pal' paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for four years after he was jailed for sex offences, emails reveal

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8 h. ago Labour deputy leadership race claims first casualty as minister Alison McGovern pulls out and backs Bridget Phillipson to boost Starmer hopes of seeing off left

The Housing Minister admitted she was not going to get the 80 nominations from MPs required to get through to a vote by members.

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10 h. ago Voices: Starmer is risking becoming mired in sleaze as he backs Mandelson over ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid all the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that the US ambassador helped the late paedophile broker a $1bn deal, when he was Labour’s business secretary, be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

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10 h. ago Labour MPs turn on Starmer after PM backs Mandelson amid growing calls for him to quit over Epstein links

Pressure on Sir Keir Starmer over the Mandelson-Epstein scandal as Labour MPs grow increasingly nervous over defences of the ambassador to the US

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11 h. ago Voices: Starmer must ask Mandelson some serious questions about his ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that Peter Mandelson helped broker a $1bn deal for Epstein be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

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11 h. ago Who is Peter Mandelson? The controversial Labour grandee who called Epstein his 'best pal'

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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11 h. ago Voices: Starmer must ask serious questions of Mandelson and ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that Lord Mandelson helped broker a $1bn deal for Epstein, be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

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12 h. ago Starmer writhes over what he knew when about Lord Mandelson's Jeffrey Epstein links as he says he DOES have confidence in US envoy... despite warnings of more damaging details to come

Britain's ambassador to Washington called the disgraced financier his 'best pal' and sent photos of himself topless and wearing a fluffy white dressing gown, it emerged.

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13 h. ago Labour deputy leader hopefuls pitch to MPs as Starmer allies face battle to stop left

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has been installed as Downing Street 's de facto choice to replace Angela Rayner.

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14 h. ago Mandelson: more ‘very embarrassing’ details of Epstein friendship to come

UK ambassador to US says he regrets continuing his association with paedophile financier ‘far longer than I should have done’UK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, has said more “very embarrassing” details of his friendship with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein will come out, as he said he had never seen any “wrongdoing”.His admission comes after US lawmakers released a 50th “birthday book” Epstein, in which Mandelson called him “my best pal”, in a handwritten note. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Lord Mandelson admits more 'very embarrassing' details of friendship with 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein will come out

Britain's ambassador to Washington called the disgraced financier his 'best pal' and sent photos of himself topless and wearing a fluffy white dressing gown, it emerged.

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15 h. ago Lord Mandelson admits 'best pal' note to Jeffrey Epstein is 'very embarrassing'

Lord Peter Mandelson is facing pressure over his relationship with the disgraced paedophile after a note surfaced of him allegedly describing him as his 'best pal'

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23 h. ago The Labour left lining up to come for Starmer: As MPs throw their hat in the ring to replace Angela Rayner as Deputy PM... who's the biggest nightmare for Sir Keir

Six MPs threw their hat in the ring to replace Angela Rayner as nominations opened in the fast-tracked contest. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson took an early lead on Tuesday night.

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