2 h. ago Memo that government officials tried to bury shows Jeffrey Epstein met Sir Tony Blair in Downing Street... and Lord Mandelson set it up

The BBC reported that the meeting was arranged after Lord Mandelson sent an email to Jonathan Powell, who was Sir Tony's chief of staff and is now national security adviser.

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5 h. ago Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while prime minister after lobbying from Lord Mandelson

A memo by a senior civil servant briefs the Labour leader about the ‘super-rich’ financier ahead of the meeting

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7 d. ago Peter Mandelson stripped of another honour over links to Jeffrey Epstein

Lord Mandelson was sacked as US ambassador by Keir Starmer last month after emails emerged laying bare the depth of his relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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2 w. ago Outgoing MI6 chief Moore does not want to be US ambassador – report

Sir Richard’s name had been floated among potential contenders to take over as the UK’s top diplomat in the US after Lord Mandelson was sacked.

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2 w. ago Peter Mandelson 'failed to disclose two Jeffrey Epstein flights worth £5,500 that were paid for by the millionaire paedophile'

Lord Mandelson allegedly failed to declare two flights paid for by convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein while he was an MP. 

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3 w. ago Trump said he ate ‘whatever the hell they served us’ at Windsor banquet during UK state visit: Latest

Donald Trump’s visit to the UK finished without controversy despite a number of issues - including the recent sacking of US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson - threatening to sour proceedings

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3 w. ago 'Mandelson? I don't know him': Donald Trump skates over US ambassador's sacking over Epstein emails in awkward moment for Starmer

Donald Trump - who has also faced questions over his own former ties to Epstein - was asked if he had any sympathy with Lord Mandelson.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer faces embarrassment at press conference with Donald Trump as PM braces for barrage of questions on Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Downing Street is braced for a barrage of questions about what he knew about Lord Mandelson's relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he stands alongside Trump at Chequers.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer faces embarrassment at press conference with Donald Trump as PM braces for barrage of questions on Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Downing Street is braced for a barrage of questions about what he knew about Lord Mandelson's relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he stands alongside Trump at Chequers.

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3 w. ago US lawmakers release more Epstein files amid scrutiny over Trump links

Disclosures come as president arrives in UK during furore over Lord Peter Mandelson’s ties to paedophile

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3 w. ago UK hopes pomp and ceremony of Trump’s state visit will distract from tricky questions

Jeffrey Epstein affair will hang heavily over trip after Sir Keir Starmer’s sacking of Lord Peter Mandelson

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3 w. ago Pomp and protest: Donald Trump flies into UK for second state visit

Jeffrey Epstein affair will hang heavily over trip after Sir Keir Starmer’s sacking of Lord Peter Mandelson

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3 w. ago Starmer’s standing on world stage ‘diminished’ by Mandelson scandal, MPs told

Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir of “hiding from Parliament” because he was not present for the emergency debate on Lord Mandelson’s dismissal.

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3 w. ago ‘Don’t patronise me,’ Labour MP tells veteran Tory in tense Mandelson exchange

A Labour MP has used the emergency parliamentary debate to defend the process behind Lord Mandelson’s appointment, arguing it is no different to past failures made in the vetting of senior staff.

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3 w. ago Mandelson ‘did not have national security vetting’ before he was appointed US ambassador: UK politics live

Parliament is holding a three-hour emergency debate on Tuesday to grill the government on the hiring of Lord Peter Mandelson

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3 w. ago PM should face ‘serious consequences’ if dishonest about Mandelson – Badenoch

The Foreign Office did not contribute to a due diligence process ahead of Lord Mandelson’s appointment, Yvette Cooper said.

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3 w. ago Starmer dodges grilling over Mandelson sacking as MPs set to quiz government over scandal: UK politics live

Parliament will hold a three-hour emergency debate on Tuesday to grill the government on the hiring of Lord Peter Mandelson

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3 w. ago From hero to Nero Despairing Labourites compare Starmer's crumbling government to 'last days of Rome' ahead of Commons showdown over Mandelson emails

Keir Starmer is facing another battering over the Lord Mandelson scandal with a three-hour 'emergency' Commons debate slated for this afternoon.

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3 w. ago Lord Mandelson ‘distraction’ could have impact on whisky deal in US – Swinney

Scotland’s First Minister claimed Labour ministers in London are ‘distracted’ amid the fallout from the peer’s departure.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer to come under more pressure over Lord Mandelson amid Labour backbench anger

A three-hour emergency debate will be held in the Commons on Tuesday about the appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US

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