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Nick Forbes

Failure to strip Mandelson of peerage would be a public ‘betrayal’, SNP warns

The SNP has called on Andy Burnham to strip Lord Peter Mandelson of his peerage (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

The SNP has called on the Prime Minister to strip Lord Peter Mandelson of his peerage when the UK Parliament returns in September, warning that a failure to do so would be a “betrayal of the public”.

Lord Mandelson is currently under investigation by UK police and EU anti-fraud officers on suspicion of offences committed in public office, including the passing of privileged information to the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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